2025 British Columbia Pay Transparency Report

Johnston Meier Insurance Agencies is an independently owned insurance broker that has been in business since 1973. We have 45 locations throughout BC with over 500 employees. Johnston Meier recognizes and values our employees and their contributions to the success of our company. It is of utmost importance to us that we ensure that all employees are treated with respect and are paid in a fair and equitable manner both internally and when compared to the market. Johnston Meier’s employment standards are set to ensure equal opportunity and equal pay for all gender and ethnic groups based on experience and performance. We encourage all employees to attain additional education, and we work with all our employees to help them achieve their personal career goals.

The BC Transparency Report tries to calculate an average hourly, overtime and bonus pay wage based on the compensation received. The report excludes all employees who receive all or effectively all their income from sales commissions over fixed compensation. The way these employees are compensated are not compatible with this methodology and thus have been excluded. All other employees have been included.

• Mean – The average calculated by taking the total pay for each group divided the total hours worked
• Median – The mid point for each group, this is less influenced by extremely high or low earners.

Johnston Meier is proud to hire women in all levels of the business. 85% of all of Johnston Meier’s employees identify as female and 15% identify as male.

Percentage of each gender in each pay quartile:

*Any quartile consisting of less than 10 employees were suppressed per BC Transparency Report regulations to protect privacy.

The amounts below represent how much a woman makes relative to every $1 a man makes.

• A woman earns the same average hourly wage for as a man.
• A women’s median hourly wage is 6% higher than a man’s. For every $1 a man makes a woman earns $1.06 in median hourly wage.

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The amounts below represent how much a woman makes for every $1 a man makes.

• A women’s average bonus wage is 12% lower than a man’s. For every $1 a man makes a woman earns $0.88 in average bonus wage.
• A women’s median hourly wage is 1% less than a man. For every $1 a man makes a woman earns $0.99 in median bonus wage.

• 83% of all men receive bonus pay
• 93% of all women receive bonus pay

• Volatility of commission pay – Employees at Johnston Meier earn commissions for specific transactions that they help facilitate. The nature of commissions is volatile and may not be expected to be received in the following year. Commissions are included in Bonus Pay and are expected to fluctuate year to year.
• Impact of Outliers on Gender Categories – Johnston Meier employees are predominantly female with 85% of our staff being female. As a result, male outliers skew the hourly wages more than an equivalent female outlier.
• Categorization of Wages – The BC Transparency Report separates earnings into 3 categories hourly pay, overtime pay, and bonus pay. Based on the role of the employee some employees may earn more from hourly pay and other from bonus pay. If hourly and bonus pay are combined the pay difference is eliminated.