# Plymouth: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/plymouth/ 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) # Plymouth: 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, Plymouth reports total remuneration of **£245,269** for its chief executive (head of paid service) (including employer pension contributions), **10** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£1,226,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £245,269Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service), 2025-26 - 10Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £1,226,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £13,700Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26 ## Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service) Total remuneration of **£245,269** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. That is down 8.4% on 2024-25 (£267,842). The median among the 4 other unitary councils in England collected so far is £242,676. From the accounts: Tracey Lee - Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service). 2025/26: salaries, fees and allowances 206,108; compensation 0; pension 39,161; total 245,269. 2024/25: 231,133; 0; 36,709; 267,842. Both years 'Includes election duty payments as the Returning Officer' (2025/26 covered a referendum; 2024/25 one local, one PCC and one national election). Total excluding pension is not printed. PDF page 90, Note 26.1 ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 420 employees in 2025-26, up 39.5% on 2024-25 (301). 10 were paid £100,000 or more, 3.7 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 | 160 | 109 | | 2024-25109 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 116 | 88 | | 2024-2588 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 42 | 40 | | 2024-2540 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 39 | 24 | | 2024-2524 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 19 | 10 | | 2024-2510 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 9 | 7 | | 2024-257 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 7 | 8 | | 2024-258 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 12 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 5 | 4 | | 2024-254 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 1 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 2 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 2 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £110,000 to £114,999Details | 2 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £115,000 to £119,999Details | 3 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £120,000 to £124,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £125,000 to £129,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | Includes schools staff. Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: Note 26.2: 'the number of employees whose remuneration for the year (excluding employer pension contributions) was £50,000 or more. The following numbers do not include the senior management as disclosed in note 26.1.' Schools and Non-schools columns, no combined column; totals Schools 132 / Non-schools 288 (2025/26) and 100 / 201 (2024/25). Source: Plymouth, [Statement of Accounts 2025/26 - Unaudited](https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2026-06/2025_26%20Statement%20of%20Accounts%20-Unaudited.pdf) (draft), PDF page 92, Note 26.2. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £1,226,000 in 2025-26, up 3.1% on 2024-25 (£1,189,000), or £4.52 per resident. The median among the 7 other unitary councils in England collected so far is £3.64 per resident. | Paid as | Total | | --- | --- | | Basic allowances | £780,902 | | Special responsibility allowances | £419,879 | | Expenses | £638 | | All | £1,226,007 | The basic allowance for each councillor is £13,700 a year (2025-26). From the accounts: "Allowances paid to Members of the Council in 2025/26 totalled £1.226m (2024/25: £1.189m). These figures include Members' allowances and expenses." (PDF page 89, Note 25) Published allowances: [Members allowances 2025/26 (web page table)](https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/members-allowances-202526). ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Plymouth 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 table (57 councillors) has no totals row; figures are our column sums: Basic 780,902.28; Lord Mayor's Allowance 24,588.46; Special Responsibility 419,878.75; Travel/Subsistence Reimbursed 637.82; 'total' is our sum of all four columns and matches the accounts figure (£1.226m). A second small table on the same page shows Special Responsibility adjustments summing to -8,724.19 (not included). Basic rate from the Councillor Allowances Scheme appendix: 'Summary of basic allowance and special responsibility allowances from 01 April 2025 ... Basic Allowance 13,700'. ## 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.