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Karen Shew

Dir Financial Planning & Rptng at BC Public Service. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 15 years between 2012 and 2026.

Salary disclosure2026
Karen Shew
Dir Financial Planning & Rptng
BC Public Service
Gross salary
$155,819.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2025: +$177 (+0.1%)
15years on
the list

Among 22,383 people at BC Public Service in 2026

1,308th highest paid. Their median: $96,267.

Paid more than 92% 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

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YearGross salary
2012$83,377
2013$81,115
2014$79,291
2015$85,647
2016$89,902
2017$88,017
2018$91,584
2019$93,408
2020$101,884
2021$106,366
2022$115,031
2023$130,400
2024$142,232
2025$155,642
2026$155,819

History

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2026BC Public ServiceDir Financial Planning & Rptng$155,819$155,819+$177 (+0.1%)
2025BC Public ServiceDir Financial Planning & Rptng$155,642$158,951+$13,410 (+9.4%)
2024BC Public ServiceDir Financial Planning & Rptng$142,232$149,099+$11,832 (+9.1%)
2023BC Public ServiceDir Plan, Analysis & Reporting$130,400$142,051+$15,369 (+13.4%)
2022BC Public ServiceDir, Acctg. Budgetg & Reportg$115,031$133,963+$8,665 (+8.1%)
2021BC Public ServiceDir, Acctg. Budgetg & Reportg$106,366$127,334+$4,482 (+4.4%)
2020BC Public ServiceDir, Acctg. Budgetg & Reportg$101,884$122,897+$8,476 (+9.1%)
2019BC Public ServiceDir, Acctg. Budgetg & Reportg$93,408$115,305+$1,824 (+2.0%)
2018BC Public ServiceFiscal Planning Analyst$91,584$116,129+$3,567 (+4.1%)
2017BC Public ServiceManager, Social Sector$88,017$113,976−$1,885 (−2.1%)
2016BC Public ServiceMngr,Economic &Resource Sector$89,902$118,548+$4,255 (+5.0%)
2015BC Public ServiceMngr,Economic &Resource Sector$85,647$114,172+$6,356 (+8.0%)
2014BC Public ServiceCorp Policy & Reprtng Account$79,291$106,777−$1,824 (−2.2%)
2013BC Public ServiceCorp Policy & Reprtng Account$81,115$109,140−$2,262 (−2.7%)
2012BC Public ServiceCorp Policy & Reprtng Account$83,377$113,436

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 Karen Shew on the salary disclosure list?

BC Public Service paid Karen Shew $155,819 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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