# Wiltshire: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/wiltshire/ 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) # Wiltshire: 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, Wiltshire reports total remuneration of **£271,139** for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), a year in which the post changed hands, **26** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£2,487,000** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £271,139Chief Executive, 2025-26 - 26Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26 - £2,487,000Members' allowances, 2025-26 - £17,585Basic allowance per councillor, 2026-27 ## Chief Executive Total remuneration of **£271,139** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. The post changed hands, or the figure covers part of a year, so it is not compared with the year before. The median among the 5 other unitary councils in England collected so far is £244,575. | As printed | Year | Total | | --- | --- | --- | | Chief Executive - L TownsendDetails | 2025-26 | £271,139 | | Year2025-26 | | | | Chief Executive - T Herbert (left 19 August 2024)Details | 2024-25 | £148,842 | | Year2024-25 | | | | Chief Executive - L Townsend (appointed wef 19 August 2024)Details | 2024-25 | £141,124 | | Year2024-25 | | | From the accounts: Totals include election expenses as printed. L Townsend also appears in 2024-25 as 'Corporate Director - People (DCS)' (salary 64,219) before appointment as Chief Executive. Total excluding pension is not printed. PDF pages 80-81 (printed pages 68-69), Note 11 ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 878 employees in 2025-26, up 19.1% on 2024-25 (737). 26 were paid £100,000 or more, 4.9 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 | 375 | 300 | | 2024-25300 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 202 | 140 | | 2024-25140 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 67 | 81 | | 2024-2581 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 75 | 64 | | 2024-2564 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 38 | 49 | | 2024-2549 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 41 | 36 | | 2024-2536 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 25 | 20 | | 2024-2520 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 12 | 13 | | 2024-2513 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 13 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 4 | 4 | | 2024-254 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 6 | 8 | | 2024-258 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 5 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £110,000 to £114,999Details | 2 | 3 | | 2024-253 | | | | £115,000 to £119,999Details | 0 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £120,000 to £124,999Details | 3 | 2 | | 2024-252 | | | | £125,000 to £129,999Details | 2 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £130,000 to £134,999Details | 3 | 5 | | 2024-255 | | | | £135,000 to £139,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £140,000 to £144,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | | £145,000 to £149,999Details | 2 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £180,000 to £184,999Details | 0 | 1 | | 2024-251 | | | | £225,000 to £229,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2024-250 | | | Includes senior officers. From the accounts: 'The number of other employees receiving more than £50,000 remuneration for the year, excluding pension contributions ... This table also includes the senior officers identified in the notes above.' Totals 878 (2025-26) and 737 (2024-25). The note does not say whether school staff are included. Source: Wiltshire, [Statement of accounts 2025-26 subject to audit](https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/media/20783/Statement-of-accounts-2025-26-subject-to-audit/pdf/Statement_of_accounts_2025-26_subject_to_audit.pdf) (draft), PDF page 82 (printed page 70), Note 11. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £2,487,000 in 2025-26, up 2.8% on 2024-25 (£2,419,000), or £4.72 per resident. The median among the 7 other unitary councils in England collected so far is £3.64 per resident. The basic allowance for each councillor is £17,585 a year (2026-27). From the accounts: "Allowances payable to Members 2,453 (2024-25 2,383); Expenses payable to Members 34 (36); Total 2,487 (2,419) £000" (PDF page 83 (printed page 71), Note 13) Published allowances: . ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Wiltshire 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. - The council's Members' Allowances page states 'The basic allowance for 2026/27 is set at £17,585 per annum.' No annual allowances-paid publication with totals was located in the time available. ## 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.