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Kevin J Richter

Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 8 years between 2019 and 2026.

Salary disclosure2026
Gross salary
$162,970.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2025: −$83,877 (−34.0%)
8years on
the list

Among 52 people at Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers in 2026

48th highest paid. Their median: $276,901.

Paid more than 93% of everyone on the 2026 salary disclosure list, which only lists people paid $75,000 or more.

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Paid close to Kevin J Richter at Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers

  1. Robert A Byers$217,770
  2. Douglas Caul$212,848
  3. Keith Atkinson$195,938
  4. Kevin J Richterthis person$162,970
  5. Rick Manwaring$155,669
  6. Donna Louise Sanford$142,981
  7. Jennifer McGuire$123,882

Ranked just above and below in 2026.

Gross salary by year

Show as a table
YearGross salary
2019$209,872
2020$201,233
2021$211,916
2022$208,982
2023$227,569
2024$229,425
2025$246,847
2026$162,970

History

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2026Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers$162,970$162,970−$83,877 (−34.0%)
2025Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers$246,847$252,096+$17,422 (+7.6%)
2024Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers$229,425$240,502+$1,856 (+0.8%)
2023Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers$227,569$247,902+$18,587 (+8.9%)
2022Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers$208,982$243,377−$2,934 (−1.4%)
2021Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers$211,916$253,691+$10,683 (+5.3%)
2020Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers$201,233$242,735−$8,639 (−4.1%)
2019Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers$209,872$259,071

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 Kevin J Richter on the salary disclosure list?

Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers paid Kevin J Richter $162,970 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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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