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Jessica Abells

PEA Legal Counsel Level 3 at BC Public Service. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 2 years between 2025 and 2026.

Salary disclosure2026
Jessica Abells
PEA Legal Counsel Level 3
BC Public Service
Gross salary
$173,013.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2025: +$13,895 (+8.7%)
2years on
the list

Among 160 people with the title “PEA Legal Counsel Level 3” in 2026

Paid more than 9% of them. Their median: $223,762.

Among 22,383 people at BC Public Service in 2026

974th 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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Also PEA Legal Counsel Level 3 at BC Public Service

  1. Heather Watt$180,674
  2. Shannon Davis$180,256
  3. Sandy Ferraby$178,561
  4. Kristine Byram$169,194
  5. Genevieve Tamosiunas$168,245
  6. Kathleen Hamilton$166,217

The 6 paid closest to Jessica Abells in 2026, by rank at the employer.

Paid close to Jessica Abells at BC Public Service

  1. Iain BerglundChainsaw Specialist$173,248
  2. Jacqueline McMorranLegal Counsel Level 2$173,096
  3. Evan BarchukPEA Legal Counsel$173,038
  4. Jessica Abellsthis person$173,013
  5. Elizabeth BrownMember$172,947
  6. Tami LundAss. Prov Dir of Child Welfare$172,907
  7. Ashley BodnarChief Negotiator NROD$172,906

Ranked just above and below in 2026.

Gross salary by year

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YearGross salaryMedian for the job
2025$159,118$203,866
2026$173,013$223,762

History

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2026BC Public ServicePEA Legal Counsel Level 3$173,013$173,013+$13,895 (+8.7%)
2025BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$159,118$162,501

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 Jessica Abells on the salary disclosure list?

BC Public Service paid Jessica Abells $173,013 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