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Rhondda Cynon Taf: senior pay and councillor allowances
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In its statement of accounts for 2024-25, Rhondda Cynon Taf reports total remuneration of £200,000 for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), 23 employees paid £100,000 or more, and £1,744,000 paid in members' allowances.
Key figures
- £200,000Chief Executive, 2024-25
- 23Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2024-25
- £1,744,000Members' allowances, 2024-25
- £19,771Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26
Chief Executive
Total remuneration of £200,000 in 2024-25, including employer pension contributions. Excluding pension contributions: £168,000. That is up 2.6% on 2023-24 (£195,000). The median among the 2 other Welsh councils collected so far is £225,191.
From the accounts: Chief Executive (Paul Mee). Figures are printed in £'000: 2024/25 salary 168, total remuneration 168, employer's pension 32, total including pension 200; 2023/24 total remuneration 164, pension 31, total 195. Values here are the printed thousands multiplied by 1,000.
PDF page 83 (printed page 78), Note 22.0
Employees paid £60,000 or more
447 employees in 2024-25, up 28.1% on 2023-24 (349). 23 were paid £100,000 or more, 9.5 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 3 other Welsh councils collected so far is 8.0 per 100,000.
| Band | 2024-25 | 2023-24 |
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£60,000 to £64,999Details for £60,000 to £64,999 | 158 | 93 |
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£65,000 to £69,999Details for £65,000 to £69,999 | 86 | 89 |
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£70,000 to £74,999Details for £70,000 to £74,999 | 47 | 41 |
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£75,000 to £79,999Details for £75,000 to £79,999 | 48 | 62 |
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£80,000 to £84,999Details for £80,000 to £84,999 | 59 | 20 |
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£85,000 to £89,999Details for £85,000 to £89,999 | 15 | 19 |
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£90,000 to £94,999Details for £90,000 to £94,999 | 7 | 4 |
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£95,000 to £99,999Details for £95,000 to £99,999 | 4 | 6 |
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£100,000 to £104,999Details for £100,000 to £104,999 | 9 | 2 |
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£105,000 to £109,999Details for £105,000 to £109,999 | 3 | 3 |
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£110,000 to £114,999Details for £110,000 to £114,999 | 3 | 2 |
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£115,000 to £119,999Details for £115,000 to £119,999 | 2 | 4 |
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£120,000 to £124,999Details for £120,000 to £124,999 | 1 | 2 |
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£125,000 to £129,999Details for £125,000 to £129,999 | 3 | 0 |
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£130,000 to £134,999Details for £130,000 to £134,999 | 2 | 2 |
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Includes schools staff. Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: Current = 2024/25, previous = 2023/24. Welsh threshold £60,000; includes redundancy payments. 2024/25 printed as 'At 31/03/25', 'Left in Year' and 'Total' (counts used are Total: 447; 2023/24 total 349). 'The above table is based on full time equivalent posts and does not represent the actual payments to employees. Officers employed by Voluntary Aided Schools have been excluded.' Joint Committee salaries are not included. 'The above table excludes specific Senior Officers, disclosed in the following table'. includesSchools is recorded true because only voluntary aided school staff are stated to be excluded.
Source: Rhondda Cynon Taf, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Statement of Accounts 2024/25 (audited), PDF pages 81-82 (printed pages 76-77), Note 22.0. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24.
Councillors' allowances
£1,744,000 in 2024-25, up 4.6% on 2023-24 (£1,667,000), or £7.24 per resident. The median among the 3 other Welsh councils collected so far is £8.41 per resident.
The basic allowance for each councillor is £19,771 a year (2025-26). It is set nationally: £19,771 for 2025-26.
From the accounts: "Paid to 75 Members in respect of basic allowances, special responsibility allowances and dependent care allowances (excluding employer's NI, pension and associated costs): Allowances 1,737 (2023/24 1,636); Expenses 7 (31); Total 1,744 (1,667) £'000" (PDF page 81 (printed page 76), Note 21.0)
What this data does and doesn't show
- Every figure is as Rhondda Cynon Taf printed it. Counts in the £100,000 figure are our sum of the council's bands.
- Comparisons are with the other Welsh councils read so far; no national figure is published for England.
- The council's statement of accounts page lists a 2025/26 audit notice stating the Responsible Financial Officer certified the 2025/26 accounts on 30 June 2026, but the 2025/26 statement itself was not found on the website at the time of checking, so the 2024/25 statement is used (Auditor General for Wales opinion: true and fair). Basic rate is the national Welsh basic salary for 2025-26. The council's annual publication of payments to each member was not retrieved.