# Oxford: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/oxford/ 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) # Oxford: 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, Oxford reports total remuneration of **£197,217** for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), **6** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£418,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £197,217Chief Executive, 2025-26 - 6Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £418,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £6,001Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£197,217** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. Excluding pension contributions: £173,913. That is up 2.3% on 2024-25 (£192,804). The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is £174,251. From the accounts: Chief Executive, Caroline Green. 2025/26: salary, fees and allowances 173,913; pension 23,304; total 197,217. 2024/25: 168,847; 23,957; 192,804. totalExclPension is the printed 'Salary, Fees and Allowances' column. PDF page 71 (printed page 69), Note 32 ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 171 employees in 2025-26, up 34.6% on 2024-25 (127). 6 were paid £100,000 or more, 3.6 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 | 72 | 40 | | 2024-2540 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 21 | 26 | | 2024-2526 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 18 | 9 | | 2024-259 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 21 | 18 | | 2024-2518 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 10 | 6 | | 2024-256 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 6 | 14 | | 2024-2514 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 13 | 4 | | 2024-254 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 1 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 2 | 4 | | 2024-254 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 5 | 3 | | 2024-253 | | | | £110,000 to £114,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £125,000 to £129,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £165,000 to £169,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | Excludes schools staff. Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: 'The Council's other employees receiving more than £50,000 remuneration for the year (excluding employer's pension contributions)', following the senior employees table. Totals 171 (2025/26) and 127 (2024/25). Dashes recorded as 0. Oxford is a district council and does not employ school staff (includesSchools recorded false on that basis, not from the note). Source: Oxford, [Statement of Accounts 2025-26 DRAFT](https://www.oxford.gov.uk/downloads/file/4119/draft-statement-of-accounts-2025-26) (draft), PDF pages 71-72 (printed pages 69-70), Note 32. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £418,000 in 2025-26, up 2.0% on 2024-25 (£410,000), or £2.52 per resident. The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is £3.62 per resident. | Paid as | Total | | --- | --- | | Basic allowances | £287,416 | | Special responsibility allowances | £129,744 | | Expenses | £983 | | All | £418,326 | The basic allowance for each councillor is £6,001 a year (2025-26). From the accounts: "Members' Allowances: Allowances 417 (2024/25 408); Expenses 1 (2); Total Payments 418 (410) £'000" (PDF page 71 (printed page 69), Note 31) Published allowances: [Year End Notice - Members' Allowances 2025 - 2026 (Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003)](https://mycouncil.oxford.gov.uk/documents/s90458/MembersAllowancesPublicNotice2526.docx.pdf). ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Oxford 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. - Published notice Totals row: Basic Allowance 287,416.24; Special Responsibility 129,744.17; Carer's Allowance 768.21; Travel & Subsistence 214.37; Total 418,325.65. 'expenses' is our sum of carer's allowance and travel & subsistence. Basic rate from the Constitution Part 26 (dated November 2025): 'Each councillor gets a basic allowance of £6,001 p.a.'; the notice shows 6,001.56 paid for a full 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.