Highest-Paid Managers in British Columbia (2025)

In 2025, 2,378 manager roles appeared on the British Columbia Compensation Disclosure, earning an average of $103,109 and a median of $102,666. The highest-paid was Jessica Patterson (Crown Counsel Manager at Province of British Columbia) at $351,498. Managers across the public sector, from front-line to senior management.

Figures cover disclosed public-sector employees only (those above British Columbia’s $75,000 disclosure threshold). Records span 2009–2025.

Managers disclosed (2025)

2,378

Average

$103,109

Median

$102,666

Highest

$351,498

Top 25 highest-paid managers (2025)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Total
1	Jessica Patterson	Crown Counsel Manager	Province of British Columbia	$351,498
2	James Bruce Stewart	Legal Counsel Manager	Province of British Columbia	$326,221
3	M. Andrew MacDonald	Legal Counsel Manager	Province of British Columbia	$317,130
4	Debra Drissell	Crown Counsel Manager	Province of British Columbia	$305,418
5	Craig Lehto	General Manager	BC Pavilion Corporation	$277,530
6	Susanne Elliott	Crown Counsel Manager	Province of British Columbia	$275,270
7	Christopher May	General Manager	BC Pavilion Corporation	$266,703
8	Lisa C Lee	Legal Counsel Manager	Province of British Columbia	$241,233
9	Stephanie Weinhold	Legal Counsel Manager	Province of British Columbia	$241,232
10	George Nicholson	Legal Counsel Manager	Province of British Columbia	$214,130
11	Emily Granger	Legal Counsel Manager	Province of British Columbia	$213,739
12	Leon Cheung	Sr. Manager	Province of British Columbia	$185,644
13	David Layton	Crown Counsel Manager	Province of British Columbia	$176,248
14	Douglas Smith	Deputy Fire Center Manager Prg	Province of British Columbia	$174,570
15	Kevin Parkinson	Deputy Fire Centre Manager	Province of British Columbia	$164,897
16	Brian Koster	Regional Manager	Province of British Columbia	$163,409
17	David Schadt	Regional Manager	Province of British Columbia	$163,397
18	Peter Godau	Manager, Major Capital Pjcts	School District No. 62 (Sooke)	$162,319
19	Luke Thompson	Senior Manager, SA & IT Ops	Province of British Columbia	$160,152
20	Gurneet Mann	Senior Systems Manager	Province of British Columbia	$160,056
21	Darren Wilkinson	Deputy Fire Center Manager Prg	Province of British Columbia	$158,209
22	Raymond W Crampton	District Manager	Province of British Columbia	$156,608
23	Jeffrey Dunne	Fire Centre Manager	Province of British Columbia	$155,824
24	Shawn D Rice	District Manager	Province of British Columbia	$155,813
25	Michael B McCulley	Senior Product Manager	Province of British Columbia	$154,424

Employers with the most managers (2025)

Job titles included

Senior Project Manager63Resource Manager44Area Manager Roads44Judicial Case Manager43Program Manager42Local Manager41Project Manager39Regional Manager37Senior Product Manager34Operations Manager34

Highest-Paid Managers in British Columbia (2025)

Top 25 highest-paid managers (2025)

Employers with the most managers (2025)

Job titles included

Managers in other provinces

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