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Development, Buildings & Licensing

In 2025, 262 employees of the City of Vancouver's Development, Buildings & Licensing department were paid more than $75,000, $29.1M in total, with a median of $111,362.

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

$29.1M
paid to 262 employees over $75,000, 2025
median $111,362 · 4.9% of the year's total · +2.3% employees on 2024

Employees over $75,000, by year

155 employees in 2016 · 262 employees in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

Roles held by at least 3 people, 2025

District Building Inspector25 people · median $115,724$2.8M
Project Coordinator II25 people · median $83,937$2.1M
Property Use Inspector I22 people · median $106,991$2.3M
District Plumbing & Gas Inspector18 people · median $115,724$2.1M
Electrical Inspector I18 people · median $115,824$2.0M
Clerk IV12 people · median $77,092$931k
Project Coordinator III12 people · median $96,643$1.1M
Project Facilitator II9 people · no median under 10 people$1.1M
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Supervisor Development Services7 people · no median under 10 people$766k
Plan Checking Technician IV6 people · no median under 10 people$552k
Policy Analyst6 people · no median under 10 people$670k
Supervisor Inspection Branch6 people · no median under 10 people$750k
Building Code Engineer4 people · no median under 10 people$524k
Project Coordinator IV4 people · no median under 10 people$474k
Electrical Plan Checker3 people · no median under 10 people$372k
Landscape Development Specialist3 people · no median under 10 people$276k
Project Facilitator I3 people · no median under 10 people$323k
Project Manager II3 people · no median under 10 people$402k
Senior Product Manager3 people · no median under 10 people$446k

Year by year

2025262 employees · median $111,362$29.1M
2024256 employees · median $113,799$28.7M2023225 employees · median $104,570$24.3M2022204 employees · median $102,840$21.3M2021211 employees · median $99,263$21.6M2020195 employees · median $97,104$19.3M
Show 4 more2019183 employees · median $97,732$18.4M2018170 employees · median $95,370$16.8M2017155 employees · median $95,429$15.2M2016155 employees · median $91,643$14.5M
About these figures

The City’s remuneration schedule lists this department as “Dev Svcs, Bldg & Licensing” in 2025; the name is written out here.

62 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (73 people, $9.1M) 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.