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Board of Parks & Recreation

In 2025, 486 employees of the City of Vancouver's Board of Parks & Recreation department were paid more than $75,000, $48.3M in total, with a median of $88,968.

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

$48.3M
paid to 486 employees over $75,000, 2025
median $88,968 · 8.1% of the year's total · −6.4% employees on 2024

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, 2025

Recreation Programmer II42 people · median $80,342$3.4M
Superintendent Park Board28 people · median $111,854$3.1M
Trades II - Gardener23 people · median $96,969$2.2M
Community Recreation Supervisor16 people · median $119,709$1.9M
Operations Worker IV13 people · median $78,650$1.0M
Park Ranger13 people · median $81,662$1.1M
Utility Maint WRKR III - Lead Hand12 people · median $78,194$954k
Site Supervisor I11 people · median $79,880$903k
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Community Youth Worker10 people · median $80,319$791k
Planner II - Park Board10 people · median $121,806$1.2M
Site Supervisor - Trades10 people · median $101,533$1.0M
Site Supervisor II10 people · median $83,826$848k
Arborist Ia9 people · no median under 10 people$784k
Equipment Operator II9 people · no median under 10 people$692k
Tree Pruner II9 people · no median under 10 people$716k
Supervisor Recreation Services8 people · no median under 10 people$1.1M
Trades II - Painter8 people · no median under 10 people$773k
Landscape Architect I7 people · no median under 10 people$763k
Operations Worker II7 people · no median under 10 people$571k
Park Attendant III7 people · no median under 10 people$535k
Apprentice - Gardener6 people · no median under 10 people$478k
Lead Park Ranger6 people · no median under 10 people$541k
Planner I - Park Board6 people · no median under 10 people$673k
Recreation Services Coordinator6 people · no median under 10 people$580k
Arborist II5 people · no median under 10 people$492k
Greens Keeper II5 people · no median under 10 people$427k
Planner III5 people · no median under 10 people$701k
Planning Analyst5 people · no median under 10 people$433k
Project Manager II5 people · no median under 10 people$704k
Truck Driver I5 people · no median under 10 people$400k
Arborist I4 people · no median under 10 people$333k
Associate Director, Recreation Services4 people · no median under 10 people$673k
Booking System Clerk4 people · no median under 10 people$304k
Communications Coordinator II4 people · no median under 10 people$397k
Community Arts Programmer4 people · no median under 10 people$319k
Landscape Architect II4 people · no median under 10 people$498k
Maintenance Technician III4 people · no median under 10 people$389k
Tree Pruner I4 people · no median under 10 people$308k
Arboriculture Technician3 people · no median under 10 people$322k
Associate Director, Park Operations3 people · no median under 10 people$528k
Filming and Events Officer (T)3 people · no median under 10 people$254k
Irrigation Systems Worker3 people · no median under 10 people$260k
Maintenance Technician II3 people · no median under 10 people$268k
Operations Worker III3 people · no median under 10 people$237k
Recreation Software Analyst3 people · no median under 10 people$333k
Supervisor Large Aquatic Facility3 people · no median under 10 people$277k

Year by year

2025486 employees · median $88,968$48.3M
2024519 employees · median $90,651$51.3M2023336 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

97 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (114 people, $12.9M) 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.