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Ellen Slanina

Chief Financ Off & Execut Dire at BC Public Service. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 20 years between 2007 and 2026.

Salary disclosure2026
Ellen Slanina
Chief Financ Off & Execut Dire
BC Public Service
Gross salary
$159,401.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2025: +$2,875 (+1.8%)
20years on
the list

Among 22,383 people at BC Public Service in 2026

1,178th highest paid. Their median: $96,267.

Paid more than 94% of everyone on the 2026 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 salaryMedian for the job
2007$76,769$85,071
2008$80,608$84,745
2009$79,233
2010$82,365
2011$105,968
2012$93,806
2013$89,333
2014$90,029
2015$91,365
2016$99,580
2017$110,236
2018$117,813
2019$123,895
2020$122,466
2021$130,967
2022$143,055
2023$151,103
2024$157,200
2025$156,526
2026$159,401

History

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2026BC Public ServiceChief Financ Off & Execut Dire$159,401$159,401+$2,875 (+1.8%)
2025BC Public ServiceChief Financ Off & Execut Dire$156,526$159,854−$674 (−0.4%)
2024BC Public ServiceChief Financ Off & Execut Dire$157,200$164,790+$6,097 (+4.0%)
2023BC Public ServiceChief Financ Off & Execut Dire$151,103$164,604+$8,048 (+5.6%)
2022BC Public ServiceChief Financ Off & Execut Dire$143,055$166,600+$12,088 (+9.2%)
2021BC Public ServiceED, Fin Policy Comp & Governan$130,967$156,785+$8,501 (+6.9%)
2020BC Public ServiceED, Fin Policy Comp & Governan$122,466$147,723−$1,429 (−1.2%)
2019BC Public ServiceChief Financ Off & Execut Dire$123,895$152,939+$6,082 (+5.2%)
2018BC Public ServiceChief Financ Off & Execut Dire$117,813$149,387+$7,577 (+6.9%)
2017BC Public ServiceChief Financ Off & Execut Dire$110,236$142,748+$10,656 (+10.7%)
2016BC Public ServiceDir, Accounting and Operations$99,580$131,310+$8,215 (+9.0%)
2015BC Public ServiceManager, Crowns$91,365$121,794+$1,336 (+1.5%)
2014BC Public ServiceMngr,Economic &Resource Sector$90,029$121,237+$696 (+0.8%)
2013BC Public ServiceMngr,Economic &Resource Sector$89,333$120,198−$4,473 (−4.8%)
2012BC Public ServiceMngr,Economic &Resource Sector$93,806$127,624−$12,162 (−11.5%)
2011BC Public ServiceMngr,Economic &Resource Sector$105,968$147,592+$23,603 (+28.7%)
2010BC Public ServiceCorporate Policy & Rpting Acct$82,365$116,250+$3,132 (+4.0%)
2009BC Public ServiceCorporate Policy & Rpting Acct$79,233$111,829−$1,375 (−1.7%)
2008BC Public Service$80,608$116,149+$3,839 (+5.0%)
2007BC Public Service$76,769$112,561

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 Ellen Slanina on the salary disclosure list?

BC Public Service paid Ellen Slanina $159,401 in 2026. 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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