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Development, Buildings & Licensing

In 2024, 256 employees of the City of Vancouver's Development, Buildings & Licensing department were paid more than $75,000, $28.7M in total, with a median of $113,799.

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

$28.7M
paid to 256 employees over $75,000, 2024
median $113,799 · 4.9% of the year's total · +14% employees on 2023

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, 2024

District Building Inspector26 people · median $116,095$2.9M
Property Use Inspector I22 people · median $107,314$2.3M
District Plumbing & Gas Inspector20 people · median $116,095$2.3M
Project Coordinator II20 people · median $81,067$1.7M
Electrical Inspector I18 people · median $120,202$2.1M
Project Coordinator III17 people · median $89,024$1.6M
Clerk IV10 people · median $77,504$778k
Plan Checking Technician IV9 people · no median under 10 people$809k
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Project Facilitator II9 people · no median under 10 people$1.1M
Policy Analyst7 people · no median under 10 people$788k
Supervisor Development Services5 people · no median under 10 people$556k
Supervisor Inspection Branch5 people · no median under 10 people$613k
Building Code Engineer4 people · no median under 10 people$480k
Project Coordinator IV4 people · no median under 10 people$462k
Electrical Plan Checker3 people · no median under 10 people$381k
Project Coordinator I3 people · no median under 10 people$239k
Project Facilitator I3 people · no median under 10 people$316k
Senior Product Manager3 people · no median under 10 people$445k
Trades Inspector II3 people · no median under 10 people$364k

Year by year

2025262 employees · median $111,362$29.1M
2024256 employees · median $113,799$28.7M
2023225 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 2024; the name is written out here.

55 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (65 people, $8.5M) 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.