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Senior public servant compensation disclosures. Positions above the disclosure threshold, broken down by base salary, benefits, and severance. Data from Alberta’s Public Disclosure of Salary and Severance (2019–present).

Total disclosed compensation over time

Total compensation and position count per year for all senior positions above the disclosure threshold.

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Per-position senior compensation rows from the annual Public Disclosure of Salary and Severance, broken down into base salary, cash benefits, non-cash benefits, and severance. Coverage is 2019 through the most recent disclosure year.

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Government of Albertaret 2026-05-08

YearAll 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

MinistryAll Justice JUSTICE AND SOLICITOR GENERAL SERVICE ALBERTA Health Treasury Board and Finance ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS EDUCATION Infrastructure Public Service Commission Environment and Protected Areas Executive Council Municipal Affairs AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY CHILDREN'S SERVICES TRANSPORTATION Advanced Education COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES ENERGY Technology and Innovation Public Safety and Emergency Services LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION Transportation and Economic Corridors Agriculture and Irrigation Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Communications And Public Engagement JOBS, ECONOMY AND TRADE Children and Family Services Indigenous Relations JOBS, ECONOMY AND INNOVATION Energy and Minerals Agriculture, Forestry And Rural Economic Development Forestry and Parks ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND TOURISM CULTURE, MULTICULTURALISM AND STATUS OF WOMEN SENIORS AND HOUSING JOBS, ECONOMY AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT Arts, Culture and Status of Women FORESTRY, PARKS AND TOURISM Affordability and Utilities Mental Health and Addiction Immigration and Multiculturalism CULTURE CULTURE AND STATUS OF WOMEN TRADE, IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURALISM SKILLED TRADES AND PROFESSIONS Tourism and Sport

11,953 positions

Total compensation by ministry
Ministry	Positions	Total compensation	Avg per position
Justice	1,914	$432,793,980	$226,120
JUSTICE AND SOLICITOR GENERAL	1,973	$372,396,893	$188,747
SERVICE ALBERTA	566	$90,898,524	$160,598
Health	492	$89,136,095	$181,171
Treasury Board and Finance	494	$88,056,547	$178,252
ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS	537	$86,432,392	$160,954
EDUCATION	497	$80,451,345	$161,874
Infrastructure	364	$59,660,651	$163,903
Public Service Commission	285	$49,518,687	$173,750
Environment and Protected Areas	284	$49,023,747	$172,619
Executive Council	227	$46,955,068	$206,851
Municipal Affairs	267	$46,854,462	$175,485
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY	280	$45,501,907	$162,507
CHILDREN'S SERVICES	246	$40,731,241	$165,574
TRANSPORTATION	248	$40,003,962	$161,306
Advanced Education	226	$39,526,394	$174,896
COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES	236	$38,881,284	$164,751
SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES	212	$38,441,271	$181,327
ENERGY	214	$37,988,370	$177,516
Technology and Innovation	209	$36,217,043	$173,287
Public Safety and Emergency Services	180	$32,714,044	$181,745
LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION	181	$29,474,761	$162,844
Transportation and Economic Corridors	165	$29,240,801	$177,217
Agriculture and Irrigation	149	$26,175,693	$175,676
Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction	140	$25,415,591	$181,540
Communications And Public Engagement	150	$25,160,322	$167,735
JOBS, ECONOMY AND TRADE	114	$21,716,682	$190,497
Children and Family Services	111	$20,142,802	$181,467
Indigenous Relations	104	$18,906,605	$181,794
JOBS, ECONOMY AND INNOVATION	112	$18,905,655	$168,800
Energy and Minerals	75	$14,496,635	$193,288
Agriculture, Forestry And Rural Economic Development	89	$13,965,776	$156,919
Forestry and Parks	74	$13,344,993	$180,338
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND TOURISM	75	$13,081,719	$174,423
CULTURE, MULTICULTURALISM AND STATUS OF WOMEN	72	$12,472,519	$173,229
SENIORS AND HOUSING	71	$12,334,087	$173,720
JOBS, ECONOMY AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT	60	$10,339,155	$172,319
Arts, Culture and Status of Women	42	$8,133,067	$193,644
FORESTRY, PARKS AND TOURISM	39	$6,527,539	$167,373
Affordability and Utilities	31	$6,422,045	$207,163
Mental Health and Addiction	29	$5,865,914	$202,273
Immigration and Multiculturalism	25	$4,907,256	$196,290
CULTURE	28	$4,887,411	$174,550
CULTURE AND STATUS OF WOMEN	25	$4,278,579	$171,143
TRADE, IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURALISM	19	$3,100,945	$163,208
SKILLED TRADES AND PROFESSIONS	15	$2,882,406	$192,160
Tourism and Sport	7	$1,381,698	$197,385
Total	11,953	$2,195,744,564

Position	Ministry	Class	Base salary	Cash benefits	Non-cash	Severance	Total	Year
Dir-Property Admin-SAB	Municipal Affairs	Management Senior Manager Zone 2	$121,823	$0	$25,013	—	$146,837	2022
Director Prov Court AdmDistr 3	Justice	Management Senior Manager Zone 2	$121,823	$0	$25,013	—	$146,837	2022
Centre Director, RDRC	Public Safety and Emergency Services	Management Senior Manager Zone 2	$121,823	$0	$25,013	—	$146,837	2022
Associate Director	CHILDREN'S SERVICES	Management Senior Manager Zone 2	$121,823	$0	$25,013	—	$146,836	2022
Dir, Emergency Mgmt	Health	Management Senior Manager Zone 1	$118,592	$0	$28,242	—	$146,834	2022
Dir, Agency Governance & Coord	Health	Senior Manager Zone 1	$118,939	$0	$27,895	—	$146,833	2019
Crown Prosecutor	JUSTICE AND SOLICITOR GENERAL	Justice Legal Counsel 2	$117,592	$0	$29,240	—	$146,832	2019
Dir-Fin Client Pymts and Rev	COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES	Senior Manager Zone 2	$119,196	$1,950	$25,683	—	$146,829	2020
Director, Japan Office	Executive Council	Management Senior Manager Zone 2	$140,013	$0	$6,815	—	$146,828	2024
Appellate Counsel	JUSTICE AND SOLICITOR GENERAL	Justice Legal Counsel 2	$117,592	$0	$29,234	—	$146,826	2019
Director,Community Development	CULTURE AND STATUS OF WOMEN	Senior Manager Zone 2	$122,820	$0	$24,000	—	$146,821	2021
Centre Director, MHRC	JUSTICE AND SOLICITOR GENERAL	Senior Manager Zone 2	$123,612	$0	$23,206	—	$146,818	2020
Director, Oil Sands Commercial	ENERGY	Senior Manager Zone 1	$118,939	$4,081	$23,796	—	$146,815	2020
Engineering & Related Level 4	TRANSPORTATION	Engineering & Related Level 4	$121,597	$0	$25,215	—	$146,811	2021
Chief of Staff	Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction	Ministerial Ministerial 2	$120,356	$0	$26,438	—	$146,794	2022
Director, Investigations	EDUCATION	Management Senior Manager Zone 2	$119,854	$0	$26,937	—	$146,791	2022
Director, Financial Plan & Rep	SENIORS AND HOUSING	Senior Manager Zone 2	$116,358	$0	$30,429	—	$146,787	2019
Director of Legislative Serv	LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION	Senior Manager Zone 2	$116,674	$100	$30,009	—	$146,783	2019
Lead,Project,Planning &Prog	Infrastructure	Senior Manager Zone 1	$118,481	$0	$28,297	—	$146,778	2019
Crown Prosecutor	JUSTICE AND SOLICITOR GENERAL	Justice Legal Counsel 2	$117,592	$0	$29,185	—	$146,777	2019
Dir-Emerg Mgmt, Accomm & Security	SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES	Management Senior Manager Zone 1	$118,939	$3,111	$24,726	—	$146,775	2022
Dir, Cyber Security Operations	SERVICE ALBERTA	Senior Manager Zone 2	$122,321	$0	$24,454	—	$146,775	2020
Senior Dam Safety Engineer	ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS	Engineering & Related Level 4	$121,597	$0	$25,171	—	$146,767	2019
Env Modelling Team Lead	ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS	Engineering & Related Level 4	$121,597	$0	$25,171	—	$146,767	2019
Director, Content Management Operations Unit	Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction	Management Senior Manager Zone 2	$122,948	$0	$23,819	—	$146,767	2022
Crown Prosecutor	JUSTICE AND SOLICITOR GENERAL	Justice Legal Counsel 2	$117,592	$0	$29,175	—	$146,767	2019
Dir-ASIES	COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES	Senior Manager Zone 2	$122,761	$0	$23,992	—	$146,753	2021
Scientist, Residue Chemist	AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY	Scientific 4	$121,936	$0	$24,808	—	$146,744	2020
Manager, High Risk Offender Pr	JUSTICE AND SOLICITOR GENERAL	Manager Zone 2	$116,321	$0	$30,421	—	$146,743	2019
Resource Manager	ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS	Senior Manager Zone 1	$118,939	$0	$27,800	—	$146,739	2019
Dir, Irrigation Infra Coord	TRANSPORTATION	Senior Manager Zone 2	$122,801	$0	$23,937	—	$146,738	2020
Sr Hydrologic Specialist	ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS	Engineering & Related Level 4	$121,435	$161	$25,142	—	$146,738	2020
Transboundary Section Lead	ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS	Engineering & Related Level 4	$122,083	$0	$24,654	—	$146,737	2020
Director, Agency Accountability	TRADE, IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURALISM	Management Senior Manager Zone 2	$119,306	$0	$27,423	—	$146,729	2022
Consequence Manager	ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS	Senior Manager Zone 1	$118,939	$0	$27,780	—	$146,719	2021
Director Risk Mgmt Operations	Treasury Board and Finance	Senior Manager Zone 2	$122,120	$0	$24,598	—	$146,718	2021
Pharmaceutical Pol Consultant	Health	Management Manager Zone 2	$121,729	$0	$24,986	—	$146,715	2022
Dir, Office of Alberta Health	Health	Management Senior Manager Zone 1	$120,515	$0	$26,191	—	$146,706	2022
SM, Div. Coord & Issues Mgt.	Treasury Board and Finance	Management Senior Manager Zone 1	$118,939	$0	$27,759	—	$146,698	2022
Dir, Epid. Surv	Health	Senior Manager Zone 2	$116,793	$0	$29,895	—	$146,688	2019
Dir Collections Management	CULTURE, MULTICULTURALISM AND STATUS OF WOMEN	Senior Manager Zone 1	$118,939	$0	$27,737	—	$146,676	2019
Chief of Staff	Communications And Public Engagement	Senior Manager Zone 2	$121,315	$0	$25,330	—	$146,646	2021
Bridge Manager	Transportation and Economic Corridors	Management Senior Manager Zone 2	$121,655	$0	$24,990	—	$146,644	2022
Barrister & Solicitor	JUSTICE AND SOLICITOR GENERAL	Legal Justice Legal Counsel 2	$121,372	$0	$25,263	—	$146,634	2021
Director, Communications	Communications And Public Engagement	Senior Manager Zone 2	$119,540	$0	$27,086	—	$146,626	2019
Superintendent, Ops Section	JUSTICE AND SOLICITOR GENERAL	Senior Manager Zone 1	$120,073	$0	$26,553	—	$146,626	2020
Director, Legal Services	Justice	Civil Crown Counsel 5	$137,027	$0	$9,595	—	$146,621	2024
Sr.Eng,Bldg.Science & Sustain.	Infrastructure	Engineering & Related Level 4	$122,532	$0	$24,079	—	$146,611	2021
Dir-Application Mgmt/Web Serv	Technology and Innovation	Management Senior Manager Zone 2	$37,348	$14,295	$11,696	$83,267	$146,607	2023
Surfacing Standards Specialist	TRANSPORTATION	Engineering & Related Level 4	$122,046	$0	$24,560	—	$146,606	2021

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