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Sheffield: senior pay and councillor allowances
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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 |
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£50,000 to £54,999Details for £50,000 to £54,999 | 930 | 429 |
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£55,000 to £59,999Details for £55,000 to £59,999 | 453 | 226 |
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£60,000 to £64,999Details for £60,000 to £64,999 | 361 | 145 |
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£65,000 to £69,999Details for £65,000 to £69,999 | 158 | 58 |
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£70,000 to £74,999Details for £70,000 to £74,999 | 113 | 38 |
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£75,000 to £79,999Details for £75,000 to £79,999 | 34 | 31 |
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£80,000 to £84,999Details for £80,000 to £84,999 | 35 | 37 |
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£85,000 to £89,999Details for £85,000 to £89,999 | 35 | 18 |
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£90,000 to £94,999Details for £90,000 to £94,999 | 11 | 12 |
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£95,000 to £99,999Details for £95,000 to £99,999 | 5 | 11 |
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£100,000 to £104,999Details for £100,000 to £104,999 | 11 | 2 |
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£105,000 to £109,999Details for £105,000 to £109,999 | 3 | 2 |
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£110,000 to £114,999Details for £110,000 to £114,999 | 3 | 1 |
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£115,000 to £119,999Details for £115,000 to £119,999 | 1 | 1 |
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£120,000 to £124,999Details for £120,000 to £124,999 | 0 | 0 |
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£125,000 to £129,999Details for £125,000 to £129,999 | 0 | 1 |
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£130,000 to £134,999Details for £130,000 to £134,999 | 0 | 1 |
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£135,000 to £139,999Details for £135,000 to £139,999 | 2 | 0 |
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£140,000 to £144,999Details for £140,000 to £144,999 | 2 | 1 |
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£145,000 to £149,999Details for £145,000 to £149,999 | 0 | 0 |
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£150,000 to £154,999Details for £150,000 to £154,999 | 0 | 0 |
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£155,000 to £159,999Details for £155,000 to £159,999 | 2 | 0 |
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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 (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.
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.