# Kent County Council: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/kent-county-council/ 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) # Kent County Council: 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, Kent County Council reports total remuneration of **£285,842** for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), **110** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£2,037,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £285,842Chief Executive, 2025-26 - 110Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £2,037,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £16,267Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£285,842** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. Excluding pension contributions: £237,213. That is up 5.9% on 2024-25 (£269,895). From the accounts: Chief Executive (Amanda Beer). 2025/26: salary 237,213; total excluding pension 237,213; employer's pension 48,629; total including pension 285,842. 2024/25: 223,979; 45,916; 269,895. PDF pages 40 and 43 ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 3,056 employees in 2025-26, up 34.7% on 2024-25 (2,268). 110 were paid £100,000 or more, 6.7 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 4 other county councils collected so far is 5.4 per 100,000. Search | Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 1,063 | 802 | | 2024-25802 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 620 | 494 | | 2024-25494 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 440 | 305 | | 2024-25305 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 272 | 192 | | 2024-25192 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 196 | 124 | | 2024-25124 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 138 | 90 | | 2024-2590 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 81 | 71 | | 2024-2571 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 83 | 48 | | 2024-2548 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 34 | 30 | | 2024-2530 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 19 | 16 | | 2024-2516 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 16 | 18 | | 2024-2518 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 19 | 17 | | 2024-2517 | | | | £110,000 to £114,999Details | 18 | 10 | | 2024-2510 | | | | £115,000 to £119,999Details | 15 | 8 | | 2024-258 | | | | £120,000 to £124,999Details | 7 | 7 | | 2024-257 | | | | £125,000 to £129,999Details | 11 | 12 | | 2024-2512 | | | | £130,000 to £134,999Details | 3 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £135,000 to £139,999Details | 2 | 6 | | 2024-256 | | | | £140,000 to £144,999Details | 4 | 7 | | 2024-257 | | | | £145,000 to £149,999Details | 5 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £150,000 to £154,999Details | 1 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £155,000 to £159,999Details | 2 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £160,000 to £164,999Details | 1 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £165,000 to £169,999Details | 3 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £170,000 to £174,999Details | 1 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £175,000 to £179,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £190,000 to £194,999Details | 1 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £220,000 to £224,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £235,000 to £239,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | Includes schools staff. Includes senior officers. From the accounts: Employees whose total remuneration was £50,000 or more, excluding employer's pension contributions and including termination payments. 'Senior Officers whose remuneration is disclosed are included in the renumeration bandings ... for completeness'. Printed as non-schools and schools columns as at 31 March; totals non-schools 1,275 / schools 1,781 (2026) and 1,148 / 1,120 (2025). Bands with no employees in either year are omitted by the council. Source: Kent County Council, [Draft Statement of Accounts 2025/2026](https://www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/238392/Draft-Statement-of-Accounts-2025-26.pdf) (draft), PDF pages 37-38 (printed '37 of 188'). Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £2,037,000 in 2025-26, down 7.6% on 2024-25 (£2,204,000), or £1.23 per resident. The median among the 4 other county councils collected so far is £1.28 per resident. | Paid as | Total | | --- | --- | | Basic allowances | £1,331,865 | | Special responsibility allowances | £661,119 | | Expenses | £44,194 | | All | £2,040,468 | The basic allowance for each councillor is £16,267 a year (2025-26). From the accounts: "Members allowances: Allowances 1,993 (2024/25 restated 2,149); Expenses 44 (55); Total 2,037 (2,204) £000s" (PDF page 46, Note 7) Published allowances: [Councillor and co-opted member allowances and expenses 2025-2026](https://www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/235955/Councillors-allowances-and-expenses-2025-26.pdf). ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Kent County Council 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 county councils read so far; no national figure is published for England. - Published 2025-26 Grand Total row: Public Transport 5,408.51; Mileage 38,700.03; Subsistence 85.00; Total Expenses 44,193.54; Basic Allowance 1,331,865.16; Special Responsibility Allowance 661,119.17; Co-optee allowance 3,290.38; Total Remuneration 1,996,274.71; Grand Total 2,040,468.25 (covers both the 2021-2025 and 2025-2029 council terms). Basic rate from the Member Remuneration Panel report 2026: 'Basic Allowance (£16,266.91 for 2025/26)'. 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