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Board of Parks & Recreation

In 2022, 273 employees of the City of Vancouver's Board of Parks & Recreation department were paid more than $75,000, $27.0M in total, with a median of $89,618.

Source: City of Vancouver open data, employee remuneration over $75,000.

$27.0M
paid to 273 employees over $75,000, 2022
median $89,618 · 6.8% of the year's total · +13% employees on 2021

Employees over $75,000, by year

60 employees in 2008 · 486 employees in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

Roles held by at least 3 people, 2022

Superintendent Park Board23 people · median $105,202$2.4M
Trades Ii - Gardener20 people · median $86,325$1.7M
Community Recreation Supervisor14 people · median $101,581$1.4M
Subforeman - Trades11 people · median $89,321$984k
Park Ranger10 people · median $80,316$833k
Planner Ii - Park Board10 people · median $98,828$995k
Arborist Ia8 people · no median under 10 people$656k
Maintenance Technician Ii8 people · no median under 10 people$662k
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Supervisor Recreation Services7 people · no median under 10 people$850k
Planner Iii6 people · no median under 10 people$721k
Recreation Services Coordinator6 people · no median under 10 people$497k
Trades Ii - Painter6 people · no median under 10 people$498k
Arborist Ii4 people · no median under 10 people$335k
Greens Keeper Ii4 people · no median under 10 people$328k
Landscape Architect I4 people · no median under 10 people$380k
Landscape Architect Ii4 people · no median under 10 people$437k
Lead Park Ranger4 people · no median under 10 people$339k
Planner I - Park Board4 people · no median under 10 people$363k
Project Manager Ii4 people · no median under 10 people$475k
Recreation Programmer Ii4 people · no median under 10 people$309k
Arboriculture Technician3 people · no median under 10 people$277k
Manager Recreation Services3 people · no median under 10 people$434k
Marketing & Communications Coordinator3 people · no median under 10 people$281k
Subforeman I3 people · no median under 10 people$259k
Subforeman Ii3 people · no median under 10 people$236k
Supervisor Large Aquatic Facility3 people · no median under 10 people$245k
Tree Pruner Ii3 people · no median under 10 people$230k

Year by year

2025486 employees · median $88,968$48.3M2024519 employees · median $90,651$51.3M2023336 employees · median $90,432$33.3M
2022273 employees · median $89,618$27.0M
2021242 employees · median $89,045$23.8M2020194 employees · median $86,769$18.6M
Show 12 more2019188 employees · median $87,664$18.3M2018172 employees · median $86,198$16.6M2017157 employees · median $87,077$15.1M2016138 employees · median $82,783$13.0M2015155 employees · median $85,273$15.0M2014123 employees · median $87,160$11.8M2013129 employees · median $89,562$12.5M201293 employees · median $95,805$9.6M201199 employees · median $93,037$9.8M201093 employees · median $89,264$9.0M200978 employees · median $91,285$7.8M200860 employees · median $93,577$6.0M
About these figures

80 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (91 people, $9.9M) are counted in the department total and not listed.

Departments are listed under the name the City used each year; a renamed department appears as a separate fiche.

The threshold has been $75,000 in every year of the schedule. As pay rises, more employees cross it, so part of the growth in headcount is wages, not hiring. No police department appears among the schedule's departments.