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Catherine Mary Arber

Deputy Merit Commissioner at BC Public Service. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 15 years between 2010 and 2024.

Salary disclosure2024
Catherine Mary Arber
Deputy Merit Commissioner
BC Public Service
Gross salary
$88,112.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2023: −$28,127 (−24.2%)
15years on
the list

Among 20,373 people at BC Public Service in 2024

13,948th highest paid. Their median: $95,941.

Paid more than 31% of everyone on the 2024 salary disclosure list, which only lists people paid $75,000 or more.

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Gross salary by year

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YearGross salary
2010$76,409
2011$81,549
2012$84,963
2013$84,725
2014$84,929
2015$87,476
2016$87,434
2017$91,532
2018$91,973
2019$99,228
2020$102,284
2021$104,660
2022$106,745
2023$116,239
2024$88,112

History

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2024BC Public ServiceDeputy Merit Commissioner$88,112$92,366−$28,127 (−24.2%)
2023BC Public ServiceDirector, Audit and Review$116,239$126,625+$9,494 (+8.9%)
2022BC Public ServiceDirector, Audit and Review$106,745$124,314+$2,085 (+2.0%)
2021BC Public ServiceDirector, Audit and Review$104,660$125,292+$2,376 (+2.3%)
2020BC Public ServiceDirector, Audit and Review$102,284$123,379+$3,056 (+3.1%)
2019BC Public ServiceDirector, Audit and Review$99,228$122,489+$7,255 (+7.9%)
2018BC Public ServiceDirector, Audit and Review$91,973$116,622+$441 (+0.5%)
2017BC Public ServiceDirector, Audit and Review$91,532$118,528+$4,098 (+4.7%)
2016BC Public ServiceDirector, Audit and Review$87,434$115,294−$42 (−0.0%)
2015BC Public ServiceManager of Audits and Reviews$87,476$116,610+$2,547 (+3.0%)
2014BC Public ServiceManager of Audits and Reviews$84,929$114,369+$204 (+0.2%)
2013BC Public ServiceManager of Audits and Reviews$84,725$113,998−$238 (−0.3%)
2012BC Public ServiceManager of Audits and Reviews$84,963$115,593+$3,414 (+4.2%)
2011BC Public ServiceDir,Corp & Strat Init$81,549$113,581+$5,140 (+6.7%)
2010BC Public ServiceDir,Corp & Strat Init$76,409$107,844

In 2025 dollars: each year’s pay at 2025 prices, by British Columbia’s consumer price index (Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0005-01), each fiscal year priced at the calendar year most of its months fall in.

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Questions and answers

Why is Catherine Mary Arber on the salary disclosure list?

BC Public Service paid Catherine Mary Arber $88,112 in 2024. British Columbia’s public employers must disclose everyone they paid $75,000 or more in a fiscal year, under the Financial Information Act.

What is “gross salary”?

The one pay figure British Columbia publishes for each person for the fiscal year, shown as published. British Columbia does not publish taxable benefits separately, so none are shown. How the lists work

What do the comparisons mean?

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