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Aberdeen City: senior pay and councillor allowances
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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 |
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£50,000 to £54,999Details for £50,000 to £54,999 | 375 | 725 |
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£55,000 to £59,999Details for £55,000 to £59,999 | 254 | 232 |
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£60,000 to £64,999Details for £60,000 to £64,999 | 83 | 105 |
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£65,000 to £69,999Details for £65,000 to £69,999 | 139 | 129 |
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£70,000 to £74,999Details for £70,000 to £74,999 | 108 | 83 |
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£75,000 to £79,999Details for £75,000 to £79,999 | 31 | 39 |
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£80,000 to £84,999Details for £80,000 to £84,999 | 29 | 24 |
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£85,000 to £89,999Details for £85,000 to £89,999 | 7 | 18 |
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£90,000 to £94,999Details for £90,000 to £94,999 | 5 | 4 |
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£95,000 to £99,999Details for £95,000 to £99,999 | 4 | 11 |
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£100,000 to £104,999Details for £100,000 to £104,999 | 10 | 6 |
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£105,000 to £109,999Details for £105,000 to £109,999 | 9 | 4 |
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£130,000 to £134,999Details for £130,000 to £134,999 | 0 | 0 |
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£140,000 to £144,999Details for £140,000 to £144,999 | 0 | 3 |
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£155,000 to £159,999Details for £155,000 to £159,999 | 3 | 0 |
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£165,000 to £169,999Details for £165,000 to £169,999 | 0 | 0 |
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£170,000 to £174,999Details for £170,000 to £174,999 | 0 | 1 |
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£175,000 to £179,999Details for £175,000 to £179,999 | 0 | 1 |
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£180,000 to £184,999Details for £180,000 to £184,999 | 0 | 0 |
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£185,000 to £189,999Details for £185,000 to £189,999 | 1 | 0 |
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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 (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)
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.