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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Cowan,Christopher James

Director, Employee Relations · BC Public Service (CRF)
Director, Employee RelationsGovernmentBritish ColumbiaFirst listed 2020
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$125,115.00
▲ 41.8% since 2020

Cowan,Christopher James was paid $125,115.00 in total compensation as Director, Employee Relations at BC Public Service (CRF) in 2025, 67% above British Columbia's $75,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Cowan,Christopher James has appeared on the British Columbia Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $607K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $101,185.00 a year, up 42% over that span.

That is 18% above the average disclosed pay of $105,750.29 across 22,703 listed BC Public Service (CRF) employees.

$125,115.00
Latest compensation
in 2025
$607K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$101,185.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+41.8%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$81K$93K$105K$117K$130K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Cowan,Christopher James's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the British Columbia Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $125,115.00
Lifetime total compensation$607K
Annual average$101,185.00
Total growth since 2020+41.8%
Biggest raise+12.3% (2024)
Biggest drop-0.7% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Director, Employee Relations$125,115.00▲ 10.1%
2024
Director, Employee Relations↑ role changed$113,628.00▲ 12.3%
2023
Sr Labour Relations Specialist$101,206.00▲ 10.9%
2022
Sr Labour Relations Specialist↑ role changed$91,288.00▲ 4.2%
2021
ER Specialist$87,620.00▼ 0.7%
2020First
ER Specialist$88,250.00
6 years total$607K total$101,185.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Director, Employee Relations
Sector
Government
Province
British Columbia
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the British Columbia government under the Financial Information Act. Only employees earning $75,000+ are disclosed.

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