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Board of Parks & Recreation

In 2024, 519 employees of the City of Vancouver's Board of Parks & Recreation department were paid more than $75,000, $51.3M in total, with a median of $90,651.

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

$51.3M
paid to 519 employees over $75,000, 2024
median $90,651 · 8.9% of the year's total · +54% employees on 2023

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, 2024

Recreation Programmer II37 people · median $80,866$3.0M
Superintendent Park Board29 people · median $113,915$3.3M
Operations Worker II28 people · median $78,161$2.2M
Trades II - Gardener25 people · median $101,091$2.5M
Community Recreation Supervisor17 people · median $115,093$1.9M
Park Ranger14 people · median $81,620$1.2M
Site Supervisor I13 people · median $83,877$1.1M
Operations Worker IV (Unf)12 people · median $76,925$932k
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Utility Maint WRKR III - Lead Hand12 people · median $79,070$968k
Operations Worker IV11 people · median $80,783$885k
Truck Driver I11 people · median $79,387$877k
Community Youth Worker9 people · no median under 10 people$725k
Site Supervisor II9 people · no median under 10 people$789k
Tree Pruner II9 people · no median under 10 people$737k
Arborist Ia8 people · no median under 10 people$724k
Landscape Architect I8 people · no median under 10 people$821k
Planner I - Park Board8 people · no median under 10 people$879k
Planner II - Park Board8 people · no median under 10 people$957k
Trades II - Painter8 people · no median under 10 people$798k
Park Attendant III7 people · no median under 10 people$553k
Supervisor Recreation Services7 people · no median under 10 people$958k
Arborist II6 people · no median under 10 people$587k
Equipment Operator II6 people · no median under 10 people$480k
Planner III6 people · no median under 10 people$824k
Project Manager II6 people · no median under 10 people$719k
Recreation Services Coordinator6 people · no median under 10 people$562k
Site Supervisor - Trades6 people · no median under 10 people$630k
Arborist I5 people · no median under 10 people$437k
Associate Director, Recreation Services5 people · no median under 10 people$816k
Greens Keeper II5 people · no median under 10 people$451k
Lead Park Ranger5 people · no median under 10 people$476k
Operations Worker III5 people · no median under 10 people$390k
Apprentice - Gardener4 people · no median under 10 people$308k
Aquatic Leader4 people · no median under 10 people$302k
Landscape Architect II4 people · no median under 10 people$494k
Maintenance Technician II4 people · no median under 10 people$365k
Maintenance Technician III4 people · no median under 10 people$407k
Arboriculture Technician3 people · no median under 10 people$309k
Civil Engineer I (T)3 people · no median under 10 people$345k
Community Arts Programmer3 people · no median under 10 people$240k
Marketing & Communications Coordinator3 people · no median under 10 people$311k
Park Ranger (T)3 people · no median under 10 people$257k
Planning Analyst3 people · no median under 10 people$261k
Recreation Software Analyst3 people · no median under 10 people$317k
Site Supervisor III (T)3 people · no median under 10 people$245k
Superintendent Park Board (T)3 people · no median under 10 people$347k
Supervisor Large Aquatic Facility3 people · no median under 10 people$270k

Year by year

2025486 employees · median $88,968$48.3M
2024519 employees · median $90,651$51.3M
2023336 employees · median $90,432$33.3M2022273 employees · median $89,618$27.0M2021242 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

99 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (118 people, $13.4M) 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.