# Exeter: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/exeter/ 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) # Exeter: 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, Exeter reports total remuneration of **£171,446** for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), **0** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£480,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £171,446Chief Executive, 2025-26 - 0Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £480,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £7,296Basic allowance per councillor, 2026-27 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£171,446** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. Excluding pension contributions: £143,498. That is down 1.3% on 2024-25 (£173,771). The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is £178,074. From the accounts: 2025-26: salary, fees & allowances 142,591; expenses 907; total remuneration 143,498; employer's pension 27,948; total 171,446. 2024-25: 144,963; 395; 145,358; 28,413; 173,771. Footnote: additional £10,473 allowances and £347 employer's pension (2024-25: £11,302 and £1,524) receivable for Returning Officer duties, not included in the totals. PDF page 87 (printed page 85), Note 32 ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 49 employees in 2025-26, up 19.5% on 2024-25 (41). 0 were paid £100,000 or more, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is 1.4 per 100,000. | Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 22 | 14 | | 2024-2514 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 10 | 8 | | 2024-258 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 2 | 3 | | 2024-253 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 1 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 1 | 9 | | 2024-259 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 12 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 1 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £110,000 to £114,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £115,000 to £119,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £120,000 to £134,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | Excludes schools staff. Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: 'The authority's other employees receiving more than £50,000 remuneration in the year (excluding employer's normal pension contributions)', following the senior management table. No total row is printed. Dashes recorded as 0. Exeter is a district council and does not employ school staff (includesSchools recorded false on that basis, not from the note). Source: Exeter, [Statement of accounts 2025-26 - UNAUDITED](https://exeter.gov.uk/media/b1hb15xd/statement-of-accounts-2025-26-unaudited.pdf) (draft), PDF page 88 (printed page 86), Note 32. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £480,000 in 2025-26, up 10.9% on 2024-25 (£433,000), or £3.48 per resident. The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is £3.38 per resident. The basic allowance for each councillor is £7,296 a year (2026-27). From the accounts: "Salaries 37 (2024-25 16); Allowances 442 (417); Expenses 1 (-); Total 480 (433) £'000" (PDF page 89 (printed page 87), Note 35) Published allowances: . ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Exeter 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 district councils read so far; no national figure is published for England. - Basic rate from the council's Members Allowances page ('Current Scheme for 2026 – 2027 ... took effect from 1 April 2026'): 'Basic Allowance payable to all members per annum is £7,296.' No annual allowances-paid total publication was found on the council's allowances pages in the time available. ## 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.