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Development, Buildings & Licensing

In 2022, 204 employees of the City of Vancouver's Development, Buildings & Licensing department were paid more than $75,000, $21.3M in total, with a median of $102,840.

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

$21.3M
paid to 204 employees over $75,000, 2022
median $102,840 · 5.3% of the year's total · −3.3% employees on 2021

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, 2022

District Building Inspector22 people · median $102,840$2.3M
District Plumbing & Gas Inspector20 people · median $102,840$2.1M
Electrical Inspector I18 people · median $106,809$1.9M
Property Use Inspector I17 people · median $95,056$1.6M
Project Coordinator Iii14 people · median $87,968$1.2M
Project Coordinator Ii12 people · median $80,382$990k
Plan Checking Technician Iv8 people · no median under 10 people$674k
Project Facilitator Ii8 people · no median under 10 people$817k
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Policy Analyst6 people · no median under 10 people$600k
Supervisor Development Services5 people · no median under 10 people$505k
Supervisor Inspection Branch5 people · no median under 10 people$536k
Building Code Engineer4 people · no median under 10 people$443k
Project Coordinator Iv4 people · no median under 10 people$395k
Clerk Iv3 people · no median under 10 people$238k
Project Facilitator I3 people · no median under 10 people$285k

Year by year

2025262 employees · median $111,362$29.1M2024256 employees · median $113,799$28.7M2023225 employees · median $104,570$24.3M
2022204 employees · median $102,840$21.3M
2021211 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 2022; the name is written out here.

48 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (55 people, $6.8M) 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.