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.
Highest: $197,500 · Lowest: $75,067 · Reporting year: 2023-2024
Highest disclosed records
| Name | Job title / employer | Disclosed compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Patti Anne-Louise Adam | Rapid Response - Social Worker Provincial government | $197,500 |
| Netasha Kaur Dukhia | Child Protection Worker Provincial government | $171,563 |
| Deborah E L German | Child Protection Worker Provincial government | $152,043 |
| Elizabeth Tome | Child Protection Worker Provincial government | $145,655 |
| Tara Spence | Social Worker Provincial government | $143,125 |
| Chadwick Henry Joseph Dumaine | Child Protection Worker Provincial government | $142,167 |
| Amanda O. R. Biddulph | Rapid Response - Social Worker Provincial government | $138,832 |
| Monika Inez Sajda | Child Protection Worker Provincial government | $136,109 |
| Ronald Helmut Schulz | Rapid Response - Social Worker Provincial government | $133,720 |
| Anna Englehart | Child Protection Worker Provincial government | $131,712 |
| Carrie Critchlow | Child Protection Worker Provincial government | $130,815 |
| Vanessa Rashika Chand | Child Protection Worker Provincial government | $130,620 |
| Graham Connell | Rapid Response - Social Worker Provincial government | $129,837 |
| Teddi Ansell | Ppc - Child Protection Provincial government | $129,589 |
| Tanya L Vissia | Child 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 / agreement | Base-pay range | Basis / source |
|---|---|---|
| British Columbia HSABC (HSPBA) | $87,792 – $109,676 | Social 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.