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Development, Buildings & Licensing

In 2018, 170 employees of the City of Vancouver's Development, Buildings & Licensing department were paid more than $75,000, $16.8M in total, with a median of $95,370.

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

$16.8M
paid to 170 employees over $75,000, 2018
median $95,370 · 5.9% of the year's total · +9.7% employees on 2017

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, 2018

District Building Inspector24 people · median $95,326$2.2M
Property Use Inspector I21 people · median $88,221$1.8M
District Plumbing & Gas Inspector17 people · median $95,662$1.6M
Electrical Inspector I15 people · median $95,664$1.4M
Project Coordinator III11 people · median $82,379$933k
Project Coordinator II7 people · no median under 10 people$544k
Project Facilitator II6 people · no median under 10 people$559k
Supervisor Inspection Branch5 people · no median under 10 people$476k
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Project Coordinator IV4 people · no median under 10 people$365k
Building Code Engineer3 people · no median under 10 people$339k
Business Analyst3 people · no median under 10 people$281k
Policy Analyst3 people · no median under 10 people$266k

Year by year

2025262 employees · median $111,362$29.1M2024256 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$18.4M
2018170 employees · median $95,370$16.8M
2017155 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 2018; the name is written out here.

44 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (51 people, $6.0M) 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.