Fair Wage for 2026
For 2026, the City of Vancouver Fair Wage is $25.04 an hour.
The Fair Wage is the baseline compensation, including all direct wages and the value of any non-mandatory benefits such as paid sick leave, employer-paid Medical Services Plan premiums, and extended health benefits.
In early 2023, Council approved the implementation of a compensation approach that better aligns with compensation programs of large organizations and those with multi-year collective agreements, like ours.
The Fair Wage approach, based on a 5-year rolling average of the living wage BC External website, opens in new tab regional rate, makes implementation more practical as it smooths out year-over-year variability.
