# Swansea: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/swansea/ 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) # Swansea: senior pay and councillor allowances Last updated 29 September 2026. Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/). In its statement of accounts for 2024-25, Swansea reports total remuneration of **£201,891** for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), **18** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£2,097,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £201,891Chief Executive, 2024-25 - 18Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2024-25 - £2,097,000Members' allowances, 2024-25 - £19,771Basic allowance per councillor, 2025-26 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£201,891** in 2024-25, including employer pension contributions. Excluding pension contributions: £166,439. That is up 2.5% on 2023-24 (£196,966). The median among the 2 other Welsh councils collected so far is £224,246. From the accounts: Chief Executive - Martin Nicholls. 2024/25: remuneration (including fees & allowances) 166,439; compensation for loss of office 0; total excluding pension 166,439; pension contributions (21.3%) 35,452; total including pension 201,891. 2023/24: 162,379; 0; 162,379; 34,587; 196,966. Footnote: in 2024/25 the Chief Executive also received £9,262.50 Returning Officer fees for General Elections (additional). PDF pages 111 and 114, Note 27(a) Table 1 (landscape tables) ## Employees paid £60,000 or more 308 employees in 2024-25, up 28.9% on 2023-24 (239). 18 were paid £100,000 or more, 7.2 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 3 other Welsh councils collected so far is 9.5 per 100,000. | Band | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | | --- | --- | --- | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 112 | 71 | | 2023-2471 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 57 | 54 | | 2023-2454 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 43 | 44 | | 2023-2444 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 32 | 19 | | 2023-2419 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 15 | 18 | | 2023-2418 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 19 | 4 | | 2023-244 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 9 | 8 | | 2023-248 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 3 | 6 | | 2023-246 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 3 | 2 | | 2023-242 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 2 | 3 | | 2023-243 | | | | £110,000 to £114,999Details | 3 | 5 | | 2023-245 | | | | £115,000 to £119,999Details | 4 | 2 | | 2023-242 | | | | £120,000 to £124,999Details | 3 | 2 | | 2023-242 | | | | £125,000 to £129,999Details | 2 | 1 | | 2023-241 | | | | £130,000 to £134,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2023-240 | | | 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. Note 27(b): 'The number of employees (excluding Senior Officers) whose remuneration (excluding employer's pension contributions) was £60,000 or more'. Includes compensation for loss of office. 'The numbers shown relate to Authority employees, which predominantly include teaching staff. The bandings above include fifteen teachers (2023/24 ten teachers) who are employed by voluntary aided schools.' Totals 308 and 239. Source: Swansea, [Statement of Accounts 2024/25 Swansea Council l Cyngor Abertawe](https://www.swansea.gov.uk/media/27152/City-and-County-of-Swansea-Statement-of-Accounts-2024-25/pdf/kkCity_and_County_of_Swansea_Statement_of_Accounts_2024-25.pdf) (audited), PDF page 117, Note 27(b). Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £2,097,000 in 2024-25, up 5.5% on 2023-24 (£1,987,000), or £8.41 per resident. The median among the 3 other Welsh councils collected so far is £7.24 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: "Members' Allowances: Allowances 2,085 (2023/24 1,968); Expenses 12 (19); Total 2,097 (1,987) £'000" (PDF page 110, Note 26) Published allowances: . ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Swansea 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. - No 2025/26 statement of accounts was listed on the council's statement of accounts page at the time of checking; the 2024/25 statement (with a Notice of Certification of Completion of the 2024-25 audit) is used. Basic rate is the national Welsh basic salary for 2025-26. An annual allowances-paid publication for Swansea was not located in the time available (the 'Annual Schedule of Member Remuneration' is the rates schedule). Swansea's website blocks automated downloads; the accounts were read in a browser. ## 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). 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