CBC’s $100K+ earner club has quadrupled since 2015
The number of CBC employees earning six-figure salaries has more than quadrupled since 2015, costing taxpayers nearly a quarter-billion dollars last year.
The number of CBC employees earning six-figure salaries has more than quadrupled since 2015, costing taxpayers nearly a quarter-billion dollars last year and fueling renewed calls from taxpayer advocates to defund the public broadcaster.
According to access-to-information records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, 1,831 employees at the CBC received salaries over $100,000 in 2024–25, up from 438 in 2015–16—an increase of 318 per cent. The total cost to taxpayers for these salaries was $240 million, averaging $131,060 per employee.
