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Hackney: senior pay and councillor allowances
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In its draft statement of accounts for 2025-26, Hackney reports total remuneration of £249,412 for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), 96 employees paid £100,000 or more, and £1,508,000 paid in members' allowances.
Key figures
- £249,412Chief Executive, 2025-26
- 96Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26
- £1,508,000Members' allowances, 2025-26
- £12,792Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26
Chief Executive
Total remuneration of £249,412 in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. Excluding pension contributions: £207,670. That is up 3.2% on 2024-25 (£241,678). The median among the 2 other London boroughs collected so far is £286,812.
From the accounts: Chief Executive - Dawn Carter-McDonald. 2025/26: salary, fees and allowances 207,670; compensation for loss of office 0; *Remuneration 207,670; employer pension 41,742; total 249,412. 2024/25: 201,231; 0; 201,231; 40,447; 241,678. totalExclPension is the printed '*Remuneration' column.
Note 34 Officers' Remuneration, 'Senior Officers' Remuneration (150,000 or more per annum)'
Employees paid £50,000 or more
2,099 employees in 2025-26, up 18.0% on 2024-25 (1,779). 96 were paid £100,000 or more, 36.1 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 5 other London boroughs collected so far is 21.8 per 100,000.
| Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 |
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£50,000 to £54,999Details for £50,000 to £54,999 | 632 | 502 |
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£55,000 to £59,999Details for £55,000 to £59,999 | 423 | 430 |
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£60,000 to £64,999Details for £60,000 to £64,999 | 355 | 305 |
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£65,000 to £69,999Details for £65,000 to £69,999 | 248 | 191 |
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£70,000 to £74,999Details for £70,000 to £74,999 | 132 | 100 |
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£75,000 to £79,999Details for £75,000 to £79,999 | 92 | 68 |
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£80,000 to £84,999Details for £80,000 to £84,999 | 35 | 49 |
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£85,000 to £89,999Details for £85,000 to £89,999 | 44 | 24 |
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£90,000 to £94,999Details for £90,000 to £94,999 | 19 | 19 |
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£95,000 to £99,999Details for £95,000 to £99,999 | 23 | 18 |
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£100,000 to £104,999Details for £100,000 to £104,999 | 12 | 8 |
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£105,000 to £109,999Details for £105,000 to £109,999 | 20 | 22 |
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£110,000 to £114,999Details for £110,000 to £114,999 | 28 | 15 |
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£115,000 to £119,999Details for £115,000 to £119,999 | 8 | 7 |
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£120,000 to £124,999Details for £120,000 to £124,999 | 3 | 1 |
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£125,000 to £129,999Details for £125,000 to £129,999 | 3 | 4 |
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£130,000 to £134,999Details for £130,000 to £134,999 | 4 | 7 |
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£135,000 to £139,999Details for £135,000 to £139,999 | 5 | 0 |
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£140,000 to £144,999Details for £140,000 to £144,999 | 1 | 4 |
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£145,000 to £149,999Details for £145,000 to £149,999 | 3 | 2 |
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£150,000 to £154,999Details for £150,000 to £154,999 | 4 | 1 |
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£155,000 to £159,999Details for £155,000 to £159,999 | 0 | 1 |
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£160,000 to £164,999Details for £160,000 to £164,999 | 1 | 0 |
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£165,000 to £169,999Details for £165,000 to £169,999 | 0 | 1 |
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£170,000 to £174,999Details for £170,000 to £174,999 | 0 | 0 |
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£175,000 to £179,999Details for £175,000 to £179,999 | 1 | 0 |
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£180,000 to £184,999Details for £180,000 to £184,999 | 1 | 0 |
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£185,000 to £189,999Details for £185,000 to £189,999 | 1 | 0 |
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£190,000 and overDetails for £190,000 and over | 1 | 0 |
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Includes schools staff. Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: 'The number of employees whose remuneration, excluding pension contributions, was £50,000 or more ... The bandings include only the remuneration of employees that have not been disclosed separately in the ‘Senior officer remuneration’ note.' Council and Schools columns, no combined column; totals Council 1,506 / Schools 593 (2025/26) and 1,275 / 504 (2024/25). Top band 'Over £190,000'. Read from the Google Docs text export; the column order was checked against the printed totals.
Source: Hackney, Unaudited statement of accounts 2025 to 2026 (Google Doc) (draft), Note 34 Officers' Remuneration (Google Doc, no page numbers). Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24.
Councillors' allowances
£1,508,000 in 2025-26, up 4.4% on 2024-25 (£1,444,000), or £5.66 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 £12,792 a year (2025-26).
From the accounts: "The council paid £1.508m in allowances to members of the council during 2025/26 (£1.444m in 2024/25)." (Note 31 Members' Allowances)
What this data does and doesn't show
- Every figure is as Hackney 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.
- Hackney publishes its statements of accounts as Google Docs, so no PDF page numbers are available. The council's members' allowances page lists 'notice of allowances' publications only up to 2023 to 2024 at the time of checking. Basic rate from 'Members' Allowances Scheme 2025/26 (Updated July 2025)', para 2.2: 'Each Councillor is entitled to claim a Basic Allowance of £12,792.14 per' annum; schemes for 2025-26 and 2026-27 are also on the council page as Google Docs.