# Aberdeen City: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/aberdeen-city/ updated: 29 September 2026 licence: Our words, analysis, charts and derived calculations: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), credit [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). Figures: each source's own licence, listed under Sources. publisher: [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk) # Aberdeen City: senior pay and councillor allowances Last updated 29 September 2026. Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/). In its statement of accounts for 2024-25, Aberdeen City reports total remuneration of **£188,684** for its chief executive (excluding employer pension contributions), **23** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£1,202,291** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £188,684Chief Executive, 2024-25 - 23Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2024-25 - £1,202,291Members' allowances, 2024-25 - £25,982Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£188,684** in 2024-25, excluding employer pension contributions. That is up 5.0% on 2023-24 (£179,754). The median among the 4 other Scottish councils collected so far is £210,884. From the accounts: Angela Scott, Chief Executive. 2024/25: full year equivalent 186,225; salary & fees 188,684; total remuneration 188,684, which 'includes Returning Officer (RO) fees' (Note 1). 2023/24 total remuneration 179,754. In-year pension contributions shown separately in Table 8: 19,554 for year to 31 March 2025 and 32,176 (restated) for year to 31 March 2024. A total including pension is not printed. PDF pages 49 and 52 (printed pages 48 and 51), Tables 5 and 8 ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 1,058 employees in 2024-25, down 23.6% on 2023-24 (1,385). 23 were paid £100,000 or more, 10.0 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 4 other Scottish councils collected so far is 10.1 per 100,000. | Band | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 375 | 725 | | 2023-24725 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 254 | 232 | | 2023-24232 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 83 | 105 | | 2023-24105 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 139 | 129 | | 2023-24129 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 108 | 83 | | 2023-2483 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 31 | 39 | | 2023-2439 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 29 | 24 | | 2023-2424 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 7 | 18 | | 2023-2418 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 5 | 4 | | 2023-244 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 4 | 11 | | 2023-2411 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 10 | 6 | | 2023-246 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 9 | 4 | | 2023-244 | | | | £130,000 to £134,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2023-240 | | | | £140,000 to £144,999Details | 0 | 3 | | 2023-243 | | | | £155,000 to £159,999Details | 3 | 0 | | 2023-240 | | | | £165,000 to £169,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2023-240 | | | | £170,000 to £174,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2023-241 | | | | £175,000 to £179,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2023-241 | | | | £180,000 to £184,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2023-240 | | | | £185,000 to £189,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2023-240 | | | Includes schools staff. From the accounts: Current = 2024/25, previous = 2023/24. Table 1: 'In bands of £5,000 the number of people who have received actual salary remuneration of greater than £50,000. This includes, where applicable, head teachers and other senior teaching staff.' Headcount; totals 1,058 (2024/25) and 1,385 (2023/24). 'Remuneration includes early retirement/voluntary severance costs.' The table does not say whether the senior employees in Table 5 are included. Dashes recorded as 0. Source: Aberdeen City, [Aberdeen City Council Audited Annual Accounts 2024/25](https://committees.aberdeencity.gov.uk/documents/s170737/CORS-25-169-ACCAuditedAnnualAccts24-25.pdf) (audited), PDF page 46 (printed page 45), Remuneration report Table 1. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £1,202,291 in 2024-25, up 6.1% on 2023-24 (£1,132,768), or £5.22 per resident. The median among the 4 other Scottish councils collected so far is £5.02 per resident. The basic allowance for each councillor is £25,982 a year (2025-26). It is set nationally: £25,982 for 2025-26. From the accounts: "Details of total remuneration paid to the Council's Councillors: Salaries 1,191,656 (2023/24 1,124,165); Expenses 10,635 (8,603); Total 1,202,291 (1,132,768)" (PDF page 47 (printed page 46), Remuneration report Table 2) Published allowances: . ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Aberdeen City printed it. Counts in the £100,000 figure are our sum of the council's bands. - Comparisons are with the other Scottish councils read so far; no national figure is published for England. - No 2025/26 unaudited accounts were found on the council website or committee portal at the time of checking, so the audited 2024/25 accounts are used. Scottish councillors are paid salaries under national regulations; basic rate is the national councillor remuneration for 2025-26 (SSI 2025/8). The accounts state that in 2024/25 the Leader's salary was £49,810 and 15 Senior Councillor posts were paid £506,820 in total. The council's annual return of councillors' salaries and expenses was not retrieved. ## Related pages - [Back to Council senior pay and councillor allowances](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/) - [How much is council tax and what does it pay for?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/council-tax/) - [Who is my MP, and what does their office cost?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/mps/) - [Where does my tax money actually go?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/for-every-100-pounds-of-tax/) ## More from this publisher - [UK tax calculators](https://howlongisit.co.uk) Published by [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). Our words, analysis, charts and derived calculations: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), credit [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). 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