Town Hall Rich List 2024 finds that 3,106 officials received more than £100,000, with 829 receiving over £150,000 in 2022-23. The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) provides a council-by-council breakdown of local government executive pay deals., The salaries of six county council employees, including the chief executive, Gavin Jones, were higher than the prime minister, whose salary in the same year was £164,951. Mr Jones was the authority’s highest earner with a salary of £198,875 a year., Newark and Sherwood District Council has been revealed as having the highest-paid chief executive of all district councils Nottinghamshire. The council also employs a deputy chief executive, meaning the authority spends a combined total of £233,723 a year on the two posts., The median annual salary for a County Council, Metropolitan or London Borough Chief Executive ranges from £174-£184,000, with a Unitary Council Chief Executive receiving around £157,000 and a District Council Chief Executive some £114,000. (See figure 1 below)., Marie Ward, CEO, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. The Council’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and four Directors between them, were paid £583,065 for the 2021/22 financial year with Marie Ward the highest paid of the 11 council CEOs in Northern Ireland, at £152,463., .