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Jill Nessel

Communications Director at Order-in-Council appointees and other staff. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 4 years between 2023 and 2026.

Salary disclosure2026
Jill Nessel
Communications Director
Order-in-Council appointees and other staff
Gross salary
$115,378.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2025: +$15,993 (+16.1%)
4years on
the list

Among 28 people with the title “Communications Director” in 2026

Paid more than 25% of them. Their median: $120,882.

Among 648 people at Order-in-Council appointees and other staff in 2026

402nd highest paid. Their median: $138,549.

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

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  1. Preet Grewal$118,486
  2. Leah Koehle$118,392
  3. Virginia Lisanne Bowness$117,329
  4. Jeremy Uppenborn$116,361
  5. Ashley L Taylor$114,606
  6. Liam Butler$114,108

The 6 paid closest to Jill Nessel in 2026, by rank at the employer.

Paid close to Jill Nessel at Order-in-Council appointees and other staff

  1. Jeffrey Lenard HannahDir, Issues Management$116,137
  2. Grant KerrDir, Writing & Editorial Srvs.$116,137
  3. Kendra Anne JohnstonADM,Mines,Competitiveness&Auth$115,941
  4. Jill Nesselthis person$115,378
  5. Nicolas BraggChief of Staff$115,295
  6. Deborah J WadeManager, Exec Ops and Admin$115,230
  7. Tyler NormanChief of Staff$114,838

Ranked just above and below in 2026.

Gross salary by year

Show as a table
YearGross salaryMedian for the job
2023$83,613$95,214
2024$91,247$96,676
2025$99,385$121,846
2026$115,378$120,882

History

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 Jill Nessel on the salary disclosure list?

Order-in-Council appointees and other staff paid Jill Nessel $115,378 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