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Liverpool: senior pay and councillor allowances
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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 |
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£50,000 to £54,999Details for £50,000 to £54,999 | 815 | 552 |
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£55,000 to £59,999Details for £55,000 to £59,999 | 384 | 319 |
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£60,000 to £64,999Details for £60,000 to £64,999 | 247 | 168 |
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£65,000 to £69,999Details for £65,000 to £69,999 | 108 | 102 |
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£70,000 to £74,999Details for £70,000 to £74,999 | 91 | 54 |
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£75,000 to £79,999Details for £75,000 to £79,999 | 57 | 53 |
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£80,000 to £84,999Details for £80,000 to £84,999 | 36 | 36 |
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£85,000 to £89,999Details for £85,000 to £89,999 | 37 | 24 |
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£90,000 to £94,999Details for £90,000 to £94,999 | 29 | 20 |
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£95,000 to £99,999Details for £95,000 to £99,999 | 10 | 6 |
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£100,000 to £104,999Details for £100,000 to £104,999 | 7 | 4 |
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£105,000 to £109,999Details for £105,000 to £109,999 | 4 | 13 |
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£110,000 to £114,999Details for £110,000 to £114,999 | 9 | 9 |
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£115,000 to £119,999Details for £115,000 to £119,999 | 10 | 6 |
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£120,000 to £124,999Details for £120,000 to £124,999 | 6 | 3 |
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£125,000 to £129,999Details for £125,000 to £129,999 | 2 | 5 |
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£130,000 to £134,999Details for £130,000 to £134,999 | 5 | 1 |
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£135,000 to £139,999Details for £135,000 to £139,999 | 3 | 3 |
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£140,000 to £144,999Details for £140,000 to £144,999 | 3 | 1 |
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£145,000 to £149,999Details for £145,000 to £149,999 | 1 | 1 |
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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 (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.
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.