The pay multiple of the council's workforce, defined as the ratio between the highest taxable earnings (including base salary, variable pay, bonuses, allowances, and the cash value of benefits-in-kind) and the median earnings figure.

We publish this information annually under the Local Government Transparency Code.

Pay Level Multiple As of March 2023 Policy for 2023 to maintain chief officers' pay within the following multiples
The lowest paid employee and high paid chief officer 1:5 1:10
The lowest paid employee and average (median) chief officer 1:3 1:7
The lowest paid employee and average (mean) chief officer 1:3 1:7
The average (median) pay for all employees and the highest paid chief officer 1:4 1:7

We publish our pay level multiples in our annual Pay Policy Statement.

Download the Pay Policy Statement 2021/2022