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BC Public Sector Compensation Disclosure · 2023-2024

Social Worker salary in British Columbia

Social workers and child protection workers employed by provincial governments and 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$94,243
Matching records605

Highest: $197,500 · Lowest: $75,067 · Reporting year: 2023-2024

Highest disclosed records

NameJob title / employerDisclosed compensation
Patti Anne-Louise AdamRapid Response - Social Worker
Provincial government
$197,500
Netasha Kaur DukhiaChild Protection Worker
Provincial government
$171,563
Deborah E L GermanChild Protection Worker
Provincial government
$152,043
Elizabeth TomeChild Protection Worker
Provincial government
$145,655
Tara SpenceSocial Worker
Provincial government
$143,125
Chadwick Henry Joseph DumaineChild Protection Worker
Provincial government
$142,167
Amanda O. R. BiddulphRapid Response - Social Worker
Provincial government
$138,832
Monika Inez SajdaChild Protection Worker
Provincial government
$136,109
Ronald Helmut SchulzRapid Response - Social Worker
Provincial government
$133,720
Anna EnglehartChild Protection Worker
Provincial government
$131,712
Carrie CritchlowChild Protection Worker
Provincial government
$130,815
Vanessa Rashika ChandChild Protection Worker
Provincial government
$130,620
Graham ConnellRapid Response - Social Worker
Provincial government
$129,837
Teddi AnsellPpc - Child Protection
Provincial government
$129,589
Tanya L VissiaChild Protection Worker
Provincial government
$129,165

Public-sector social worker — base salary grid

Front-line degree-qualified/registered (MSW-tier) staff social worker (entry step to top step); excludes supervisory/management. BC and Alberta are health-authority union grids; Ontario has no province-wide grid, so a representative hospital is used. Manitoba omitted — no confirmable current published scale.

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
HSABC (HSPBA)
$87,792 – $109,676Social Worker P1; Apr 2024 base + ratified 2025/26 GWIs Source

Title matching rules: %social worker%, %social work%, %child protection%. Counts describe disclosure records, not unique people.