Pay multiple
This data is for 2023/24 and valid as at October 2023. It is updated annually and you can see our Pay Policy in full or read the extract below on pages 15/16:
“ 21.0 Pay multiples (or pay dispersion)
21.1 There is no formal mechanism for direct comparison between pay levels of the wider workforce with senior manager pay and there are no council policies on reaching or maintaining a specific pay multiple.
21.2 The pay multiple recommended for adoption by the Hutton Review of Fair Pay in the Public Sector is the ratio between the salary of the highest paid employee and the median full time equivalent (FTE) salary of the organisation.
21.3 The council’s current (31 October 2023) pay multiple from the highest pay (£171,789 per annum) to the median pay of the organisation (£30,151 per annum) is 1:6. This pay multiple ratio has reduced slightly from the previous year.
21.4 The council’s current (31 October 2023) pay multiple from the median pay of Chief Officers within the Corporate Management Team (£148,533.36 per annum) to the median pay of the organisation (£30,151 per annum) is 1:5. This pay multiple is the same ratio as the previous year.
21.5 The council will monitor these ratios on an annual basis to ensure that there is no undue wage inflation in senior management pay rates.
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