# Sheffield: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/sheffield/ 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) # Sheffield: 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, Sheffield reports total remuneration of **£268,692** for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), **24** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£1,927,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £268,692Chief Executive, 2025-26 - 24Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £1,927,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £17,601Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£268,692** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. Excluding pension contributions: £225,792. That is up 2.7% on 2024-25 (£261,522). From the accounts: Chief Executive – Kate Josephs. 2025/26: salary including fees and allowances 225,363; expenses allowances 429; total exc pension 225,792; pension 42,900; total inc pension 268,692. 2024/25: 218,790; 1,162; 219,952; 41,570; 261,522. PDF pages 118-119 ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 2,159 employees in 2025-26, up 112.9% on 2024-25 (1,014). 24 were paid £100,000 or more, 4.1 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 4 other metropolitan borough councils collected so far is 8.0 per 100,000. | Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 930 | 429 | | 2024-25429 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 453 | 226 | | 2024-25226 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 361 | 145 | | 2024-25145 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 158 | 58 | | 2024-2558 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 113 | 38 | | 2024-2538 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 34 | 31 | | 2024-2531 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 35 | 37 | | 2024-2537 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 35 | 18 | | 2024-2518 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 11 | 12 | | 2024-2512 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 5 | 11 | | 2024-2511 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 11 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 3 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £110,000 to £114,999Details | 3 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £115,000 to £119,999Details | 1 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £120,000 to £124,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £125,000 to £129,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £130,000 to £134,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £135,000 to £139,999Details | 2 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £140,000 to £144,999Details | 2 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £145,000 to £149,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £150,000 to £154,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £155,000 to £159,999Details | 2 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | Includes 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)', shown after the senior employees table. Split into Teachers and Other. For 2025/26 the council prints totals both excluding and including Equal Pay Redress payments ('current' is the Total including Equal Pay Redress, 2,159; excluding, 1,384). 2024/25 total 1,014. Source: Sheffield, [Statement of Accounts Unaudited For the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026](https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2026-06/sheffield-city-council-unaudited-statement-of-accounts-2025-2026.pdf) (draft), PDF page 120. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £1,927,000 in 2025-26, up 5.5% on 2024-25 (£1,827,000), or £3.33 per resident. The median among the 4 other metropolitan borough councils collected so far is £3.20 per resident. | Paid as | Total | | --- | --- | | Basic allowances | £1,476,134 | | Special responsibility allowances | £441,122 | | Expenses | £9,073 | | All | £1,924,709 | The basic allowance for each councillor is £17,601 a year (2025-26). From the accounts: "Councillors: Basic Allowance 1,475 (2024/25 1,426); Special Responsibility Allowance 424 (372); Expenses 26 (27); 1,925 (1,825); Co-optees: Basic Allowance 2 (2); Total 1,927 (1,827) £000" (PDF page 117, note 41) Published allowances: [Sheffield City Council Members' Allowances – 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026](https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2026-04/members_allowances_and_expenses_1_april_2025_to_31_march_2026.pdf). ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Sheffield 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 metropolitan borough councils read so far; no national figure is published for England. - Published notice prints only a grand TOTAL (1,924,709.34). Basic, SRA and expenses are our sums of its columns (expenses = travel, dependent carers' and subsistence columns: 6,735.16 + 239.84 + 2,098.42); they reconcile to the printed total. Basic rate is the full-year Basic Allowance (17,601.12) shown in the 2025/26 notice; the scheme document itself was not checked. ## 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.