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BC Public Sector Compensation Disclosure · 2023-2024

Nurse / RN salary in British Columbia

Registered nurses, nurse practitioners, nursing officers and related clinical nursing roles across Canadian public sector health authorities.

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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.

Average disclosed compensation$103,725
Matching records126

Highest: $186,237 · Lowest: $75,108 · Reporting year: 2023-2024

Highest disclosed records

NameJob title / employerDisclosed compensation
CatharineJoanne SchillerChair Nursing
University of Northern B.C.
$186,237
Kareen CadizNurse
Provincial government
$153,252
Olga Bitek-OjelelNurse 4 (H)
Provincial government
$151,035
Jacquie G KenyonNurse 4 (C)
Provincial government
$147,734
Georgina HinderNurse
Provincial government
$146,659
Melissa MurdockClinical Director, Nursing
Provincial government
$138,830
Noel LaroseNurse
Provincial government
$136,349
Brian C CarnateNurse 4 (H)
Provincial government
$135,123
Colleen D TurnleyHead Nurse
Provincial government
$132,066
Barbara McPhersonInst Practical Nursing
North Island College
$125,908
Karen EdwardsPsychiatric Nurse - Aux
Provincial government
$125,371
L EaslerClinical Specialist Nurse
Worksafe B.C.
$125,336
S WoodLevesqueRtw Specialist Nurse
Worksafe B.C.
$124,025
Eleni PanagiotopoulosNurse
Provincial government
$122,293
Rachel GoodliffeInst, Practical Nursing
North Island College
$119,407

Negotiated base salary — standard general-duty RN

Contract wage grid, entry step to top step, before overtime, shift premiums or responsibility pay — this is what a typical registered nurse is actually paid. The disclosed averages above fold in overtime and only count nurses over each province’s disclosure threshold, so they run above the grid. Terminology note: in BC, Alberta and Manitoba an “RPN” is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse paid on the RN scale, while in Ontario “RPN” means Registered Practical Nurse (an LPN, paid well below RN).

Previously published benchmark snapshot; effective dates and agreement scope are shown below. These base-pay ranges differ from annual disclosure totals.

Province / agreementBase-pay rangeBasis / source
British Columbia
BCNU
$80,760 – $109,020General-duty RN, Level 3 grid Source

Title matching rules: %nurse%, %nursing%. Counts describe disclosure records, not unique people.