{"id":412875,"date":"2025-09-10T10:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/412875\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:19:12","slug":"bristol-city-council-staff-on-more-than-50k-salaries-almost-doubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/412875\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol City Council staff on more than \u00a350k salaries almost doubles"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 700 employees earned that much in 2024\/25\"ManThe number of Bristol City Council staff paid more than \u00a350k a year has spiralled(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

The number of Bristol City Council employees on a salary over \u00a350,000 increased by almost a half last year<\/a>, new figures reveal.<\/p>\n

A total of 722 staff earned at least that amount compared with 488 the year before, according to the authority\u2019s 2024\/25 draft statement of accounts.<\/p>\n

In addition, the total employees working in local authority schools who were paid more than \u00a350,000<\/a> a year also rose, from 147 to 173.<\/p>\n

The figures exclude employers\u2019 pension contributions.<\/p>\n

Cllr Jonathan Hucker (Conservative, Stockwood) said: \u201cWe hear a lot about austerity but there is little evidence of pay restraint in the public sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cBristol City Council<\/a> appears to be no exception in this respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

A council spokesperson said: \u201cThe increase in the number of employees earning over \u00a350,000 is primarily due to the nationally agreed annual pay award.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a result of a decision not taken by Bristol City Council.\u201d<\/p>\n

The accounts show that one employee at the authority was paid between \u00a3120,000 and \u00a3124,999 and another from \u00a3115,000 to \u00a3119,999.<\/p>\n

A total of 373 staff were in the \u00a350,000 to \u00a354,999 pay band compared with 267 the year before, excluding schools.<\/p>\n

There was also a big rise in the number of employees earning between \u00a355,000 and \u00a359,999, from 51 to 144.<\/p>\n

And while those on a salary from \u00a360,000 to \u00a364,999 fell from 49 to 37, there were increases in the \u00a365,000 to \u00a369,999 band, up from 34 to 53, \u00a370,000 to \u00a374,999 (28 to 41), \u00a375,000 to \u00a379,999 (from 19 to 28 members of staff), \u00a380,000 to \u00a384,999 (23 to 26) and \u00a385,000 to \u00a389,999, which went up one from four to five.<\/p>\n

Two fewer salaries were between \u00a390,000 and \u00a394,999, from six to four, although this leapt from zero to five for school employees, while the next pay bracket, \u00a395,000 to \u00a399,999, saw an increase from three five, and two staff were paid between \u00a3100,000 and \u00a3104,999, which none were in 2023\/24.<\/p>\n

Staff who received \u00a3105,000 to \u00a3109,999 went up from one to two.<\/p>\n

The figures do not include the very highest senior officers whose remuneration is outlined separately in the report.<\/p>\n

The previous year saw a rise of 35 per cent in non-school employees earning at least \u00a350,000, from 362 to 488.<\/p>\n

That followed a similar hike from 268 staff in 2022\/23<\/a>, which led to critics accusing the authority of \u201crewarding failure rather than success\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 700 employees earned that much in 2024\/25The number of Bristol City Council staff paid more than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,3893,748,3374,393,4884,285,55861,16,15,961],"class_list":{"0":"post-412875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-bristol-city-council","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-employment","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-stockwood","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-your-money"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115179498023953412","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}