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Vancouver Fire Rescue Services

In 2023, 861 employees of the City of Vancouver's Vancouver Fire Rescue Services department were paid more than $75,000, $118M in total, with a median of $136,947.

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

$118M
paid to 861 employees over $75,000, 2023
median $136,947 · 26% of the year's total · +7.9% employees on 2022

Employees over $75,000, by year

798 employees in 2022 · 929 employees in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

Roles held by at least 3 people, 2023

Firefighter569 people · median $125,237$72.2M
Fire Lieutenant103 people · median $153,263$16.1M
Fire Captain86 people · median $154,656$13.7M
Fire Prevention Inspector18 people · median $119,447$2.2M
Battalion Chief15 people · median $173,019$2.5M
Fire Prevention Captain14 people · median $150,136$2.1M
Training Officer11 people · median $153,936$1.6M
MacHinist Mechanic Fire8 people · no median under 10 people$1.1M
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Deputy Fire Chief7 people · no median under 10 people$1.3M
Assistant Chief Operations/Sp Team4 people · no median under 10 people$733k
Fire Investigator4 people · no median under 10 people$616k

Year by year

2025929 employees · median $142,032$134M2024913 employees · median $133,773$124M
2023861 employees · median $136,947$118M
2022798 employees · median $129,660$104M
About these figures

The City’s remuneration schedule lists this department as “VFRS” in 2023; the name is written out here.

18 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (22 people, $3.5M) 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.