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Vanessa Hicks

Wildfire Origin & Cause Invest at BC Public Service. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 2 years between 2025 and 2026.

Salary disclosure2026
Vanessa Hicks
Wildfire Origin & Cause Invest
BC Public Service
Gross salary
$128,168.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2025: +$19,377 (+17.8%)
2years on
the list

Among 5 people with the title “Wildfire Origin & Cause Invest” in 2026

Paid more than 0% of them. Their median: $144,682.

Among 22,383 people at BC Public Service in 2026

3,142nd highest paid. Their median: $96,267.

Paid more than 84% of everyone on the 2026 salary disclosure list, which only lists people paid $75,000 or more.

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  1. Christopher Orme$139,484

The one paid closest to Vanessa Hicks in 2026, by rank at the employer.

Paid close to Vanessa Hicks at BC Public Service

  1. Greg MouchianDirector, Strategic Initiative$128,204
  2. Rachel S. ThompsonSR Dir Mat/Child Health & HPP$128,203
  3. Edi R TorransDistrict Manager$128,189
  4. Vanessa Hicksthis person$128,168
  5. Tina ColesDir, Regional Facilities Servi$128,165
  6. Andrew GilesMgr RivForCent&Flood Safety$128,142
  7. David C MoonWildfire Assistant$128,140

Ranked just above and below in 2026.

Gross salary by year

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YearGross salaryMedian for the job
2025$108,791
2026$128,168$144,682

History

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2026BC Public ServiceWildfire Origin & Cause Invest$128,168$128,168+$19,377 (+17.8%)
2025BC Public ServiceWildfire Origin & Cause Invest$108,791$111,104

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 Vanessa Hicks on the salary disclosure list?

BC Public Service paid Vanessa Hicks $128,168 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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