# Fife: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/fife/ 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) # Fife: 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, Fife reports total remuneration of **£207,853** for its chief executive (excluding employer pension contributions), **39** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£2,223,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £207,853Chief Executive, 2025-26 - 39Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £2,223,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £25,982Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£207,853** in 2025-26, excluding employer pension contributions. That is up 4.6% on 2024-25 (£198,657). The median among the 4 other Scottish councils collected so far is £204,223. From the accounts: Ken Gourlay, Chief Executive. Salary, fees & allowances 207,853 (2025-26) and 198,657 (2024-25); employer's pension contributions 44,688 and 41,269 shown in a separate column. Note 4: remuneration includes Returning Officer payments of NIL in 2025-26 (2024-25 £5,708). A total including pension is not printed. PDF pages 40-41, Remuneration report Table A ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 3,053 employees in 2025-26, up 60.7% on 2024-25 (1,900). 39 were paid £100,000 or more, 10.4 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 4 other Scottish councils collected so far is 9.8 per 100,000. | Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 1,486 | 790 | | 2024-25790 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 601 | 367 | | 2024-25367 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 333 | 198 | | 2024-25198 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 210 | 207 | | 2024-25207 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 145 | 131 | | 2024-25131 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 121 | 116 | | 2024-25116 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 90 | 30 | | 2024-2530 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 8 | 8 | | 2024-258 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 7 | 16 | | 2024-2516 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 13 | 7 | | 2024-257 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 6 | 3 | | 2024-253 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 6 | 9 | | 2024-259 | | | | £110,000 to £114,998Details | 9 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £115,000 to £119,999Details | 6 | 9 | | 2024-259 | | | | £120,000 to £124,999Details | 6 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £125,000 to £134,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £135,000 to £139,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £140,000 to £144,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £145,000 to £149,999Details | 0 | 3 | | 2024-253 | | | | £150,000 to £154,999Details | 3 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £155,000 to £194,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £195,000 to £199,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £200,000 to £204,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £205,000 to £209,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | From the accounts: Table C: 'the total number of Council employees receiving more than £50,000 remuneration for the year (including any associated redundancy or early retirement payments)'. Totals 3,053 (2025-26) and 1,900 (2024-25). Some bands are combined as printed (£125,000-£134,999; £155,000-£194,999). The table does not say whether teachers or the senior employees in Table A are included. Source: Fife, [Fife Council Annual Accounts 2025-26 (Submitted for audit 30 June 2026)](https://www.fife.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/96115/Fife-Council-Annual-Accounts-2025-26-Draft.pdf) (draft), PDF page 43, Remuneration report Table C. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £2,223,000 in 2025-26, up 21.4% on 2024-25 (£1,831,000), or £5.94 per resident. The median among the 4 other Scottish councils collected so far is £4.65 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: "Total salaries, allowances and expenses paid to all Councillors: Salaries 2.180 (2024-25 1.791); Other Expenses and Allowances 0.043 (0.040); Total 2.223 (1.831) £m" (PDF page 37, Remuneration report) Published allowances: . ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Fife 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 Scottish councils read so far; no national figure is published for England. - Scottish councillors are paid salaries under national regulations; basic rate is the national councillor remuneration for 2025-26 (SSI 2025/8). Table A shows the Leader of Council salary as 60,779 (2025-26) and 49,810 (2024-25). Fife's website blocks automated downloads; the accounts were read in a browser. The council's separate councillors' salaries and expenses publication 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). The figures belong to the publishers listed under Sources and are used under their licences. Figures last updated 29 September 2026.