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Richard Blais

Band 2 OIC at Order-in-Council appointees and other staff. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 4 years between 2023 and 2026.

Salary disclosure2026
Gross salary
$83,156.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2025: +$1,224 (+1.5%)
4years on
the list

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

557th highest paid. Their median: $138,549.

Paid more than 18% of everyone on the 2026 salary disclosure list, which only lists people paid $75,000 or more.

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Richard Blais’s colleagues at Order-in-Council appointees and other staff

Paid close to Richard Blais at Order-in-Council appointees and other staff

  1. Kate ZhaoSr Communications Specialist$83,291
  2. Jenelyn Agias HontiverosExecutive Coordinator$83,278
  3. Shantel EsplenSenior Public Affairs Officer$83,251
  4. Alyssa Taylor MacLellanMinisterial Advisor$83,251
  5. Richard Blaisthis person$83,156
  6. Braeden Austin MayerMinisterial Advisor$83,100
  7. Caroline HoggMinisterial Advisor$83,097
  8. Herman ThindDigital Communications Officer$83,041
  9. Kaitlyn Elizabeth EngholmSenior Public Affairs Officer$82,996

Ranked just above and below in 2026. Everyone there in 2026

Richard Blais’s gross salary by year

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YearGross salary
2023$75,281
2024$77,684
2025$81,932
2026$83,156

Richard Blais on the list, year by year

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2026Order-in-Council appointees and other staffBand 2 OIC$83,156$83,156+$1,224 (+1.5%)
2025Order-in-Council appointees and other staffVideo Producer$81,932$83,674+$4,248 (+5.5%)
2024Order-in-Council appointees and other staffVideo Producer$77,684$81,435+$2,403 (+3.2%)
2023Order-in-Council appointees and other staffVideo Producer$75,281$82,007

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 about Richard Blais’s gross salary

Why is Richard Blais on the salary disclosure list?

Order-in-Council appointees and other staff paid Richard Blais $83,156 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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