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Emily Drown

Chair at BC Public Service. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 8 years between 2019 and 2026.

Salary disclosure2026
Emily Drown
Chair
BC Public Service
Gross salary
$196,687.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2025: −$4,534 (−2.3%)
8years on
the list

Among 22,383 people at BC Public Service in 2026

786th highest paid. Their median: $96,267.

Paid more than 96% 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 salary
2019$109,086
2020$156,961
2021$156,776
2022$156,023
2023$162,718
2024$191,615
2025$201,221
2026$196,687

History

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2026BC Public ServiceChair$196,687$196,687−$4,534 (−2.3%)
2025BC Public ServiceChair$201,221$205,500+$9,606 (+5.0%)
2024BC Public ServiceChair$191,615$200,866+$28,897 (+17.8%)
2023BC Public ServiceChair$162,718$177,256+$6,695 (+4.3%)
2022BC Public ServiceChair$156,023$181,702−$753 (−0.5%)
2021BC Public ServiceChair$156,776$187,681−$185 (−0.1%)
2020BC Public ServiceChair$156,961$189,333+$47,875 (+43.9%)
2019BC Public ServiceChair$109,086$134,658

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 Emily Drown on the salary disclosure list?

BC Public Service paid Emily Drown $196,687 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?

Ranks and shares are among people on the same year’s list only: those with the same title, those at the same employer, or everyone listed. People paid under $75,000 are not on the list, so they are not counted.

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Years are matched by name and employer. Salary paid can include overtime, retroactive pay and one-time payments. Figures are exactly as British Columbia published them. How we match years · Report a mistake or ask for removal