BC Public Sector Compensation Disclosure · 2023-2024
Engineer salary in British Columbia
Civil, electrical, mechanical, and software engineers in public sector utilities, transit, and government.
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This is public-sector compensation disclosure (remuneration and expenses) as published by covered organizations. It is not a general wage survey. Reported amounts may include overtime or expenses; these figures are not typical base salaries. Role matching uses published title keywords and can include related roles.
Highest: $485,875 · Lowest: $75,025 · Reporting year: 2023-2024
Highest disclosed records
| Name | Job title / employer | Disclosed compensation |
|---|---|---|
| W Connor | Senior Chief Engineer (Spirit/Major) B.C. Ferries | $485,875 |
| L L Laclaire | General Manager Engineering Services City of Vancouver | $315,355 |
| G Gowans | Senior Chief Engineer (Intermediate) B.C. Ferries | $297,769 |
| Jozsef Dioszeghy | General Manager Engineering City of Burnaby | $295,997 |
| Jaime Boan | General Manager Engineering And Public Works City of Coquitlam | $281,855 |
| A Watson | Director, Site C Design Engineering B.C. Hydro | $279,376 |
| Philip J. MacDonald | Engineering Officer Provincial government | $267,484 |
| S Dutta | Engineering Team Lead B.C. Hydro | $266,841 |
| O Belyakov | Chief Engineer (Major) B.C. Ferries | $260,837 |
| S Verma | Senior Chief Engineer (Spirit/Major) B.C. Ferries | $258,648 |
| Mauricio Dziedzic | Chair Engineering University of Northern B.C. | $253,382 |
| Z Wan | Specialist Engineer B.C. Hydro | $252,819 |
| RD Camacho | Engineering Team Lead B.C. Hydro | $250,753 |
| S Jones | Vice President, Engineering B.C. Ferries | $248,671 |
| Joshua Frederick | Dir, Engineering & Public Works City of Port Coquitlam | $248,505 |
Public-sector professional engineer — base pay grid
A standard working Professional Engineer level (the rung tied to full P.Eng. registration, above graduate/EIT) at each province’s public service. Grid structures differ, so levels are only approximately equivalent. Ontario omitted — the current PEGO schedule is not published.
Previously published benchmark snapshot; effective dates and agreement scope are shown below. These base-pay ranges differ from annual disclosure totals.
| Province / agreement | Base-pay range | Basis / source |
|---|---|---|
| British Columbia PEA / BC | $74,231 – $95,324 | Licensed Science Officer (Engineer) 2; effective Apr 2026 Source |
Title matching rules: %engineer%. Counts describe disclosure records, not unique people.