A number of people at Sheffield City Council have made the Taxpayers’ Alliance’s “Town Hall Rich List 2024”.
For the 17th time since 2007, the group behind the rich list has researched how much money the top employees at local authorities – such as Sheffield City Council – are making.
In 2022/23, there had been 3,106 council employees across the country that had been paid more than £100k, the researchers found.
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The dataset also included some Sheffield Council employees, such as Kate Josephs, the chief executive of the local authority.
According to the list, Ms Josephs was paid £202,391 and also £38,454 in pension making it a total of £240,845.
Ms Josephs earned more than a number of chief executives around the country, including Tom Riordan in Leeds – which is a city where more people live and where the budget set is higher than in Sheffield.
Second on the list in Sheffield is Eugene Walker (the former executive director – resources) who earned £211,367 with £16,845 pension contributions making it a total of £228,212 in 2022/23.
Ajman Ali (executive director – operational services) and Kate Martin (executive director – city futures) received a total of £183,447 and £183,402, respectively.
Whilst it was not disclosed in the document, Sheffield’s public director of health (Greg Fell who is still in the post) was paid a total of £149,094 in the financial year of 2022/23.
The researchers found that at least 175 council employees received more than £200,00 in total remuneration for the examined period.
Also, the prime minister had a salary entitlement of £164,951 in 2022-23 which means 188 council employees had a higher salary than this, with 557 receiving total remuneration over this.
Following the release of the Town Hall Rich List, councils nationwide have stressed the importance of attracting top-tier professionals to compete with the private sector. The determination of pay, terms, and conditions for certain senior managers is overseen by elected councillors, with pay policies in place.
A spokesperson for the Local Government Association said: “Councils are large, complex organisations with sizeable budgets.
“It is important that the right people with the right skills and experience are retained to deliver this important work.
“Senior pay is always decided by democratically elected councillors in an open and transparent way.”
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