Pay Comparisons

“Is Barnet Council the new Chelsea..oops Manchester City of Premier League of London Councils……..who next Kaka?”

Senior Officers in LB Barnet & Central / Regional Government 

Our UNISON office has been inundated by angry members reading this story in the local press

http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/4103757.Council_staff_could_earn_more_than_Obama___s_VP/ 

Our members have had to endure year year pay cuts as the cost of living continued to rise. We have requested details of the pay rise before reporting back to our members. However we thought our members would like to see our table of pay rates for some senior posts across local/regional/central government.

Barnet Chief Executive	£217,861
Prime Minister	£194,250
Permanent Secretary	£139,740 – £273,250
Mayor of London	£143,491
Chief Executive of the GLA	£186,544
PCT Chief Executive	£101,524 – £144,271
Barnet Executive Director	£175,000
Cabinet Minister	£141,866
Minister of State	£104,050
Senior Civil Servant Director Gen	£135,241
Deputy Mayor	£127,411
*Executive Director at GLA  Finance/Policy Director	£158,372
PCT Executive Directors	£76,143 – £108,203
Barnet Director up to	£175,000
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	£94,228
Government Whip	£89,522
Senior Civil Servant  Director	£100,000
Senior Civil Servant	£84,068
London Assembly Member	£52,756
Member of Parliament	£63,291
PCT Directors	£60,914 – £86,563

NB: Parliamentary Figures are in accordance with December 2008 figures. Senior Civil Service / PCT Figures are from a 2007 report. GLA figures are as listed on their website for 2008-09 and in accordance with questions asked at scrutiny committees.