It pays to be a top executive at the northern public sector organizations, reports filed with the province's public sector employers' council are showing.
The highest earning private sector employee is in Prince George is Northern Health, president and chief executive officer Catherine Ulrich who earned $300,000 in base salary plus $31,208 in pension and $13,184 in other compensation for a total of $344,392. That's up from $302,904 for the same position in 2008-09.
UNBC's vice-provost for medicine, Dave Snadden, was the second top earner with $306,781 in salary, $28,622 in pension and $8,672 in other compensation, for a total of $344,075. That's up from $316,909 in total for 2008-09.
A close third was Dr. David Butcher, the vice president of medicine, who earned $272,487 in salary, $22,705 in pension and $18,103 in other compensation totalling $313,295. In 2008-09, he earned a total of $301,263.
UNBC president George Iwama, who took over the position three months into last fiscal year, was paid $249,692 in salary, $17,760 in pension and $9,903 in other compensation. Iwama's salary also included an unspecified engagement payment.
UNBC's vice president of administration and finance, Eileen Bray, earned $170,566 in salary, $16,149 in pension and $11,877 in other compensation for $198,602 in total.
Last year, she took in a total of $189,205.
College of New Caledonia president John Bowman earned $163,360 in base salary and $17,813 in other compensation for $192,273 in total for the 2009-10 fiscal year.
His base salary last year was $165,257.
For the 2009-10 school year, School District 57 superintendent Brian Pepper earned $147,241 in salary plus $19,596 in pension and $13,511 in other compensation adding up to $180,347. Pepper took in a total of $176,904 last year.
School district secretary-treasurer Brian Mix earned $131,568 in salary, $11,039 in pension and $14,545 in other compensation for a total of $157,152 in 2009-10, compared to $154,366 in total in 2008-09.
Assistant superintendent Bruce Ballantyne earned $128,355 in salary, $16,682 in pension and $12,479 in other compensation for $157,115 in 2009-10. His predecessor, Robert Little, received $125,838 in salary, $16,585 in pension and $14,827 in other compensation in 2008-09.
