# North Yorkshire: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/north-yorkshire/ 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) # North Yorkshire: 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, North Yorkshire reports total remuneration of **£244,575** for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), **33** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£2,090,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £244,575Chief Executive, 2025-26 - 33Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £2,090,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £17,964Basic allowance per councillor, current (web page checked September 2026) ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£244,575** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. That is up 3.1% on 2024-25 (£237,277). The median among the 4 other unitary councils in England collected so far is £243,023. From the accounts: Chief Executive - Richard Flinton. 2025/26: salary, fees and allowance 217,798; expense allowances 0; pension 26,777; total 244,575. 2024/25: 211,044; 0; 26,233; 237,277. Total excluding pension is not printed. PDF page 85, Note 17 ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 1,286 employees in 2025-26, up 34.4% on 2024-25 (957). 33 were paid £100,000 or more, 5.2 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 7 other unitary councils in England collected so far is 4.9 per 100,000. | Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 548 | 401 | | 2024-25401 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 263 | 158 | | 2024-25158 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 142 | 103 | | 2024-25103 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 95 | 97 | | 2024-2597 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 63 | 57 | | 2024-2557 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 59 | 60 | | 2024-2560 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 46 | 23 | | 2024-2523 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 21 | 7 | | 2024-257 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 9 | 9 | | 2024-259 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 7 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 5 | 13 | | 2024-2513 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 5 | 6 | | 2024-256 | | | | £110,000 to £114,999Details | 6 | 3 | | 2024-253 | | | | £115,000 to £119,999Details | 6 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £120,000 to £124,999Details | 3 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £125,000 to £129,999Details | 2 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £130,000 to £134,999Details | 1 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £135,000 to £139,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £140,000 to £154,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £155,000 to £159,999Details | 0 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £160,000 to £164,999Details | 3 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £165,000 to £209,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £210,000 to £214,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £215,000 to £219,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | Includes schools staff. Includes senior officers. From the accounts: 'The number of employees who receive remuneration of over £50k ... these figures include (i) teachers employed directly by a school's governing body rather than by the local authority (ii) the senior employees as identified at the end of this note'. Teachers, Other and Total columns; counts are Total (1,286 in 2025/26; 957 in 2024/25). Runs of all-zero bands collapsed here. Source: North Yorkshire, [North Yorkshire Council Statement of Accounts 2025/26 (DRAFT, V6 - For Publication)](https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2026-06/DRAFT%20NYC%20SOFA%202025-26%20V6%20-%20For%20Publication.pdf) (draft), PDF pages 83-84, Note 17. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £2,090,000 in 2025-26, up 0.8% on 2024-25 (£2,073,000), or £3.27 per resident. The median among the 7 other unitary councils in England collected so far is £3.81 per resident. | Paid as | Total | | --- | --- | | Basic allowances | £1,551,361 | | Special responsibility allowances | £440,275 | | Expenses | £70,694 | | All | £2,062,330 | The basic allowance for each councillor is £17,964 a year (current (web page checked September 2026)). From the accounts: "The total amount of members allowances including travel and other expenses paid during the year was £2,090k (£2,073k in 24/25)." (PDF page 83, Note 16) Published allowances: [North Yorkshire Council Members Allowances and Expenses Financial Year - 2025/26](https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2026-05/Members%20allowances%20and%20expenses%20for%20financial%20year%202025%20to%202026.pdf). ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as North Yorkshire 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 unitary councils in England read so far; no national figure is published for England. - Published 2025/26 GRAND TOTAL row: Basic Allowance £1,551,361; Special Responsibility Allowance £440,275; Travel and subsistence expenses £70,694. The list prints no overall total; 'total' is our sum of the three. The council's allowances page states 'The basic allowance for all members of the council is £17,964' without giving the year. ## 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.