# Camden: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/camden/ 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) # Camden: senior pay and councillor allowances Last updated 29 September 2026. Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/). In its draft statement of accounts for 2025-26, Camden reports total remuneration of **£278,025** for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), a year in which the post changed hands, **72** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£1,367,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £278,025Chief Executive, 2025-26 - 72Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £1,367,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £16,084Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£278,025** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. The post changed hands, or the figure covers part of a year, so it is not compared with the year before. The median among the 3 other London boroughs collected so far is £286,502. | As printed | Year | Total | | --- | --- | --- | | Chief Executive (Jon Rowney)Details | 2025-26 | £278,025 | | Year2025-26 | | | | Chief ExecutiveDetails | 2025-26 | £140,041 | | Year2025-26 | | | | Chief Executive (Jenny Rowlands)Details | 2024-25 | £294,451 | | Year2024-25 | | | From the accounts: Two lines titled 'Chief Executive' are printed for 2025/26 (one named, one unnamed) with no footnote explaining the dates; both recorded as printed. Variable pay is described as a 'one off non-consolidated payment based on performance'. Total excluding pension is not printed. The note states allowances for advising the North London Waste Authority are not included. PDF pages 107-108, Note 30a ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 2,429 employees in 2025-26, up 36.2% on 2024-25 (1,784). 72 were paid £100,000 or more, 33.2 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 5 other London boroughs collected so far is 21.8 per 100,000. Search | Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 672 | 500 | | 2024-25500 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 539 | 420 | | 2024-25420 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 414 | 310 | | 2024-25310 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 250 | 159 | | 2024-25159 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 195 | 133 | | 2024-25133 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 102 | 69 | | 2024-2569 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 64 | 49 | | 2024-2549 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 46 | 39 | | 2024-2539 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 39 | 30 | | 2024-2530 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 36 | 22 | | 2024-2522 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 22 | 14 | | 2024-2514 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 18 | 13 | | 2024-2513 | | | | £110,000 to £114,999Details | 10 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £115,000 to £119,999Details | 4 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £120,000 to £124,999Details | 4 | 4 | | 2024-254 | | | | £125,000 to £129,999Details | 3 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £130,000 to £134,999Details | 1 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £135,000 to £139,999Details | 2 | 3 | | 2024-253 | | | | £140,000 to £144,999Details | 1 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £145,000 to £149,999Details | 2 | 4 | | 2024-254 | | | | £150,000 to £154,999Details | 3 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £155,000 to £159,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £160,000 to £164,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £165,000 to £169,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £170,000 to £174,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £175,000 to £179,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £180,000 to £184,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £185,000 to £189,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | Includes schools staff. Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: 'The number of staff receiving remuneration in the year in excess of £50,000 ... excluding those officers named in the earlier part of this note. These figures include staff in community schools.' Non-schools, Community Schools and Overall Total; counts are Overall Total (2,429 in 2025/26; 1,784 in 2024/25). The council notes a 3.2% pay award from 1 April 2025 placed a number of staff over the £50,000 threshold for the first time. Source: Camden, [Annual Financial Report 2025/26 (Unaudited Statement of Accounts 2025/26, draft 30-06-2026)](https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/d/guest/annual-financial-report-25-26-draft-30-06-2026) (draft), PDF pages 109-110, Note 30b. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £1,367,000 in 2025-26, up 3.9% on 2024-25 (£1,316,000), or £6.31 per resident. The median among the 5 other London boroughs collected so far is £3.51 per resident. The basic allowance for each councillor is £16,084 a year (2025-26). From the accounts: "Allowances 1,365 (2024/25 1,312); Expenses 2 (4); Total 1,367 (1,316) £'000 — paid to Members of the authority (councillors and independent committee members)" (PDF page 106, Note 29) Published allowances: . ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Camden printed it, in accounts that have not yet been audited. Counts in the £100,000 figure are our sum of the council's bands. - Comparisons are with the other London boroughs read so far; no national figure is published for England. - The council's allowances page lists 'Members' allowances payments' documents only up to 2021/22 at the time of checking; no 2024/25 or 2025/26 payments publication was found there. Basic rate from 'Scheme for the Payment of Members' Allowances 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026': 'Each Member of the Council is entitled to receive a Basic Allowance of £16,084.30'. ## 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). The figures belong to the publishers listed under Sources and are used under their licences. Figures last updated 29 September 2026.