# Norwich: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/norwich/ 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) # Norwich: 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, Norwich reports total remuneration of **£179,092** for its chief executive officer (including employer pension contributions), **3** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£437,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £179,092Chief executive officer, 2025-26 - 3Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £437,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £8,055Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26 ## Chief executive officer Total remuneration of **£179,092** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. Excluding pension contributions: £156,471. That is up 4.4% on 2024-25 (£171,581). The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is £174,251. From the accounts: Chief executive officer – Louise Rawsthorne. 2025-2026: salary 156,471; total excl pension 156,471; pension 22,621; total incl pension 179,092. 2024-2025: 164,428; 164,428; 7,153; 171,581. Footnote (1): 'Remuneration includes payments made in respect of election duties.' PDF pages 101-102 (printed pages 100-101), Note 32 ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 86 employees in 2025-26, up 14.7% on 2024-25 (75). 3 were paid £100,000 or more, 2.1 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is 0.4 per 100,000. | Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 27 | 26 | | 2024-2526 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 18 | 19 | | 2024-2519 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 14 | 12 | | 2024-2512 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 12 | 4 | | 2024-254 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 1 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 1 | 6 | | 2024-256 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 5 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 2 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 2 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 0 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £120,000 to £124,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £130,000 to £134,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £135,000 to £139,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £155,000 to £159,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £160,000 to £164,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | Excludes schools staff. Includes senior officers. From the accounts: 'The number of employees, including senior employees, whose remuneration, excluding pension contributions and including termination payments where applicable, was £50,000 or more in bands of £5,000'. Totals 86 (2025-2026) and 75 (2024-2025). Only bands with employees are printed; dashes recorded as 0. Norwich is a district council and does not employ school staff (includesSchools recorded false on that basis, not from the note). Source: Norwich, [Norwich City Council – DRAFT 2025-2026 Statement of Accounts](https://www.norwich.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2026-06/Statement-of-Accounts-2025-26-Draft_0.pdf) (draft), PDF page 103 (printed page 102), Note 32. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £437,000 in 2025-26, no change on 2024-25 (£437,000), or £3.00 per resident. The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is £3.62 per resident. | Paid as | Total | | --- | --- | | Basic allowances | £299,229 | | Special responsibility allowances | £133,018 | | Expenses | £1,850 | | All | £434,098 | The basic allowance for each councillor is £8,055 a year (2025-26). From the accounts: "Members Allowances 437 (2024-2025 437) £'000" (PDF page 101 (printed page 100), Note 31) Published allowances: [Norwich City Council – payments made to Members in 2024-25 (Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003)](https://www.norwich.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2026-02/Members-Allowances-2024-25.pdf). ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Norwich 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 district councils read so far; no national figure is published for England. - Latest allowances-paid publication found is 2024-25; no 2025-26 list was on the council page at the time of checking. It has no totals row; figures are our column sums (44 members), read by column position, and basic + SRA + expenses equals the Total column. Basic rate from the Constitution (17 March 2026): 'BASIC ALLOWANCE (Payable to all councillors) (for the year 2025-2026) 8,055'. ## 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.