# Liverpool: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/liverpool/ 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) # Liverpool: 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, Liverpool reports total remuneration of **£241,241** for its chief executive (excluding employer pension contributions), **50** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£1,620,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £241,241Chief Executive, 2025-26 - 50Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £1,620,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £13,932Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£241,241** in 2025-26, excluding employer pension contributions. That is up 6.3% on 2024-25 (£227,034). From the accounts: Andrew Lewis, Chief Executive, full year in both years. The note prints 'Total remuneration (excluding Employer's pension contribution)' and 'Employer's pension contribution' separately (2025/26: 241,241 and 45,112; 2024/25: 227,034 and 42,455); it does not print a total including pension. PDF pages 109-110 (printed pages 108-109) ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 1,864 employees in 2025-26, up 35.1% on 2024-25 (1,380). 50 were paid £100,000 or more, 9.8 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 4 other metropolitan borough councils collected so far is 6.4 per 100,000. | Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 815 | 552 | | 2024-25552 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 384 | 319 | | 2024-25319 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 247 | 168 | | 2024-25168 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 108 | 102 | | 2024-25102 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 91 | 54 | | 2024-2554 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 57 | 53 | | 2024-2553 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 36 | 36 | | 2024-2536 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 37 | 24 | | 2024-2524 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 29 | 20 | | 2024-2520 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 10 | 6 | | 2024-256 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 7 | 4 | | 2024-254 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 4 | 13 | | 2024-2513 | | | | £110,000 to £114,999Details | 9 | 9 | | 2024-259 | | | | £115,000 to £119,999Details | 10 | 6 | | 2024-256 | | | | £120,000 to £124,999Details | 6 | 3 | | 2024-253 | | | | £125,000 to £129,999Details | 2 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £130,000 to £134,999Details | 5 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £135,000 to £139,999Details | 3 | 3 | | 2024-253 | | | | £140,000 to £144,999Details | 3 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £145,000 to £149,999Details | 1 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | Includes schools staff. Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: Note 6.30: employees whose remuneration was £50,000 or more, 'excluding those classified as senior employees who are subject to separate disclosure requirements'; remuneration includes termination payments and excludes employer pension contributions. Split into Schools and Other; counts are the Total column (1,864 in 2025/26; 1,380 in 2024/25). 'Staff within voluntary aided schools are not included'. Source: Liverpool, [Statement of Accounts 2025/26 Unaudited Draft Accounts Authorised 30 June 2026](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/vkalwyzc/liverpool-city-council-statement-of-accounts-2025-26-unaudited.pdf) (draft), PDF page 108 (printed page 107). Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £1,620,000 in 2025-26, up 36.0% on 2024-25 (£1,191,000), or £3.19 per resident. The median among the 4 other metropolitan borough councils collected so far is £3.27 per resident. | Paid as | Total | | --- | --- | | Basic allowances | £1,152,938 | | Special responsibility allowances | £393,925 | | Expenses | £281 | | All | £1,566,444 | The basic allowance for each councillor is £13,932 a year (2025-26). From the accounts: "Basic Allowances 1,180 (2024/25 896); Special Responsibility Allowances 405 (260); Travel and Subsistence Expenses 7 (5); subtotal 1,592 (1,161); Allowances for members serving on Liverpool City Region Transport Committee 28 (30); Total 1,620 (1,191) £'000" (PDF page 112 (printed page 111), note 6.32) Published allowances: [Councillor's Allowances 2025/26](https://councillors.liverpool.gov.uk/documents/s324020/2025-2026.pdf). ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Liverpool 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 metropolitan borough councils read so far; no national figure is published for England. - Published 2025/26 list (85 councillors) prints no totals; figures are our sums of its columns: Travel 281.29, Basic 1,152,937.93, Special Responsibility 393,924.56, Licensing Allowance (£100 per meeting) 19,300.00, Carers 0, Child Care 0. 'expenses' is Travel plus Carers plus Child Care; 'total' includes the Licensing Allowance. These sums differ from the accounts note (Basic £1,180k, SRA £405k), which the council does not reconcile. A separate list covers the Transport Committee. Basic rate is the full-year Basic figure (13,932.00) shown for councillors in the 2025/26 list; the scheme document itself was not checked. ## 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.