Highest-Paid Researchers in British Columbia (2025)

In 2025, 224 researcher roles appeared on the British Columbia Compensation Disclosure, earning an average of $96,481 and a median of $88,851. The highest-paid was David Jonathan Peters Wells (Vice President, Academic & Research at Vancouver Community College) at $287,898. Research associates, scientists, and coordinators at public universities and agencies.

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

Researchers disclosed (2025)

224

Average

$96,481

Median

$88,851

Highest

$261,878

Top 25 highest-paid researchers (2025)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Total
1	David Jonathan Peters Wells	Vice President, Academic & Research	Vancouver Community College	$287,898
2	Paula Wood-Adams	VP Research & Innovation	University of Northern BC	$261,878
3	Nicole Vaugeois	AVP Research and Graduate Studies	Vancouver Island University	$243,592
4	Robin Hicks	Vice-President, Academic & Applied Research	College of the Rockies	$243,388
5	Justin Langlois	Associate Vice President, Research + Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies	Emily Carr University of Art and Design	$223,052
6	Tara Diane Hyland-Russell	Vice-President, Academic & Research	Northern Lights College	$216,392
7	Davina Banner-Lukaris	Interim Avp, Research And Operations	University of Northern BC	$193,545
8	Sarah Gray	Research Lead - Dms	University of Northern BC	$169,962
9	Jodi Giesbrecht	VP, Archives, Research and Collections	Royal BC Museum	$149,545
10	Katherine Cotie	Dir, Strat. Policy & Research	Province of British Columbia	$139,218
11	Angela Weltz	Exec Director, Policy&Research	Province of British Columbia	$137,450
12	Jenni Bard	Director, SI,Research & Policy	Province of British Columbia	$135,029
13	Tejinder Sidhu	Dir. Policy Research & Systems	Province of British Columbia	$132,617
14	Annik Foreman	Director, Policy & Research	Province of British Columbia	$131,176
15	Marten Geertsema	Research Geomorphologist	Province of British Columbia	$128,982
16	Victoria M Schuckel	Ex Dir Strat Policy & Research	Province of British Columbia	$127,221
17	Richard James Brown	Dir Bus Research & Diagnostics	Province of British Columbia	$126,943
18	Madison Reid	Exec Dir, Research and Policy	Province of British Columbia	$122,616
19	Brendan Gregory Nicholas Miller	Research Scientist	Province of British Columbia	$119,735
20	Caren Dymond	Research Carbon & Climate Chg	Province of British Columbia	$118,916
21	Ariel Lade	Dir, Social Policy & Research	Province of British Columbia	$118,452
22	Nicole Balliet	Manager, Research Administration	University of Northern BC	$117,283
23	Kealin McCabe	Librarian Research/learning Sv	University of Northern BC	$116,769
24	Robert Rivers	Manager, Policy and Research	Province of British Columbia	$116,283
25	Kingslin Lv	Director, Comp Data & Research	Province of British Columbia	$115,571

Employers with the most researchers (2025)

Province of British Columbia198 · $92,175 avg University of Northern BC20 · $110,502 avg Vancouver Community College1 · $241,104 avg College of the Rockies1 · $204,680 avg Vancouver Island University1 · $202,713 avg Emily Carr University of Art and Design1 · $187,323 avg Northern Lights College1 · $185,275 avg Royal BC Museum1 · $129,754 avg

Job titles included

Research Officer26Research Analyst20Research and Policy Analyst10Researcher6Sr. User Experience Researcher5Senior Researcher4Research Silviculturist4Research Geomorphologist4Manager, Research and Writing4User Experience Researcher3

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