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Gavin Last

Exec Dir, Food Safety & Inspec at BC Public Service. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 20 years between 2007 and 2026.

Salary disclosure2026
Gavin Last
Exec Dir, Food Safety & Inspec
BC Public Service
Gross salary
$140,779.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2025: +$2,603 (+1.9%)
20years on
the list

Among 22,383 people at BC Public Service in 2026

1,952nd highest paid. Their median: $96,267.

Paid more than 89% of everyone on the 2026 salary disclosure list, which only lists people paid $75,000 or more.

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Ranked just above and below in 2026.

Gross salary by year

Show as a table
YearGross salary
2007$77,870
2008$80,393
2009$88,649
2010$78,349
2011$86,160
2012$96,500
2013$94,899
2014$94,385
2015$97,483
2016$97,684
2017$103,148
2018$107,780
2019$110,687
2020$112,173
2021$114,827
2022$119,481
2023$128,845
2024$131,421
2025$138,176
2026$140,779

History

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2026BC Public ServiceExec Dir, Food Safety & Inspec$140,779$140,779+$2,603 (+1.9%)
2025BC Public ServiceExec Dir, Food Safety & Inspec$138,176$141,114+$6,755 (+5.1%)
2024BC Public ServiceExec Dir, Food Safety & Inspec$131,421$137,766+$2,576 (+2.0%)
2023BC Public ServiceExec Dir, Food Safety & Inspec$128,845$140,357+$9,364 (+7.8%)
2022BC Public ServiceExec Dir., Plant & Animal Hlth$119,481$139,146+$4,654 (+4.1%)
2021BC Public ServiceExec Dir, Food Safety & Inspec$114,827$137,463+$2,654 (+2.4%)
2020BC Public ServiceExec Dir, Food Safety & Inspec$112,173$135,308+$1,486 (+1.3%)
2019BC Public ServiceExec Dir, Food Safety & Inspec$110,687$136,635+$2,907 (+2.7%)
2018BC Public ServiceExec Dir, Food Safety & Inspec$107,780$136,665+$4,632 (+4.5%)
2017BC Public ServiceExec Dir, Food Safety & Inspec$103,148$133,570+$5,464 (+5.6%)
2016BC Public ServiceExec Dir, Food Safety & Inspec$97,684$128,810+$201 (+0.2%)
2015BC Public ServiceAsst Dir, Agrifoods Pol & Leg$97,483$129,950+$3,098 (+3.3%)
2014BC Public ServiceAsst Dir, Agrifoods Pol & Leg$94,385$127,103−$514 (−0.5%)
2013BC Public ServiceAsst Dir, Agrifoods Pol & Leg$94,899$127,687−$1,601 (−1.7%)
2012BC Public ServiceAsst Dir, Aquaculture Policy$96,500$131,290+$10,340 (+12.0%)
2011BC Public ServiceAsst Dir, Aquaculture Policy$86,160$120,003+$7,811 (+10.0%)
2010BC Public ServiceAsst Dir, Aquaculture Policy$78,349$110,582−$10,300 (−11.6%)
2009BC Public ServiceDir, Aquaculture Development$88,649$125,119+$8,256 (+10.3%)
2008BC Public Service$80,393$115,839+$2,523 (+3.2%)
2007BC Public Service$77,870$114,176

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 Gavin Last on the salary disclosure list?

BC Public Service paid Gavin Last $140,779 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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