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Development, Buildings & Licensing

In 2021, 211 employees of the City of Vancouver's Development, Buildings & Licensing department were paid more than $75,000, $21.6M in total, with a median of $99,263.

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

$21.6M
paid to 211 employees over $75,000, 2021
median $99,263 · 5.9% of the year's total · +8.2% employees on 2020

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, 2021

District Building Inspector26 people · median $101,182$2.7M
Property Use Inspector I21 people · median $93,528$1.9M
District Plumbing & Gas Inspector20 people · median $101,182$2.0M
Electrical Inspector I18 people · median $97,204$1.7M
Project Coordinator Ii14 people · median $79,810$1.1M
Project Coordinator Iii9 people · no median under 10 people$782k
Project Facilitator Ii8 people · no median under 10 people$801k
Policy Analyst6 people · no median under 10 people$591k
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Plan Checking Technician Iv5 people · no median under 10 people$426k
Project Coordinator Iv5 people · no median under 10 people$468k
Supervisor Inspection Branch5 people · no median under 10 people$516k
Building Code Engineer4 people · no median under 10 people$433k
Project Coordinator I4 people · no median under 10 people$306k
Business Analyst3 people · no median under 10 people$312k
Project Facilitator I3 people · no median under 10 people$269k

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$21.3M
2021211 employees · median $99,263$21.6M
2020195 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 2021; the name is written out here.

50 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (60 people, $7.2M) 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.