2006 Compensation Survey Results
Member response to APEGBC’s 2006 online compensation survey was excellent – over 1,900 members from across BC, the rest of Canada, and around the world took time to provide valuable information on their professional compensation and benefits.
Early analysis of the data suggests that compensation for APEGBC members has more than kept up with inflation since the last compensation survey undertaken in 2002. An examination of total annual compensation by responsibility point range for all valid respondents living in BC shows that, on average, the median compensation for these APEGBC members has increased by 14.0% from 2002 to 2006, or 3.33% annually with many categories having seen even greater increases. This is almost 45% higher than the average annual Canadian inflation rate of 2.31% for the period June 2002 to June 2006.
The accompanying table provides information on median total compensation values by responsibility point range and compares this with the 2002 figures. If you have not already done so, you can determine your own responsibility point value by using APEGBC’s Online Employment Responsibility Evaluation available on the APEGBC website at www.apeg.bc.ca/compensationsurvey.
The complete 2006 Report on Members’ Compensation and Benefits will be posted on the APEGBC website this month. It provides a snapshot of engineers’ and geoscientists’ base salary and total professional compensation based on the responses of the 1,681 BC participants who provided valid responses to this year’s survey. The information provided in the report reflects the annual compensation and benefits earned by APEGBC members employed in full-time positions in BC, and correlates these values to determinants and external factors such as responsibility level, industry and region.
APEGBC Council and staff would like to thank all members who participated in the 2006 compensation survey.
Reported total annual compensation by responsibility point level – May 2006
| Responsibility Point Range | Valid Respondents | 2006 Median | 2002 Median | Increase 2006/2002 Median |
| Less than 200 | 61 | $50,000 | $42,600 | 17.4% |
| 200 - 249 | 141 | $53,500 | $46,440 | 15.2% |
| 250 – 299 | 181 | $61,000 | $52,000 | 17.3% |
| 300 - 349 | 200 | $69,550 | $60,800 | 14.4% |
| 350 – 399 | 234 | $81,000 | $70,000 | 15.7% |
| 400 - 449 | 205 | $90,000 | $77,000 | 16.9% |
| 450 - 499 | 169 | $99,500 | $83,475 | 19.2% |
| 500 - 549 | 150 | $100,000 | $87,250 | 14.6% |
| 550 - 599 | 97 | $109,260 | $104,500 | 4.6% |
| 600 - 649 | 88 | $125,000 | $100,000 | 25.0% |
| 650 - 699 | 51 | $117,500 | $108,000 | 8.8% |
| 700 - 749 | 49 | $145,000 | $125,000 | 16.0% |
| 750 - 799 | 41 | $171,000 | $145,000 | 17.9% |
| 800 - 849 | 13 | $179,185 | $168,500 | 6.3% |