What we pay our senior officers.
We publish this information to be open about our spending on pay and to improve access to our data.
You can download information from 2019 below. If you need information from earlier years, email hr.foi@bristol.gov.uk.
Pay policy statement
This shows how much our chief officers are paid. The chief officers are the Chief Executive, Executive Directors and Service Directors. It also shows the relationship between the chief officers pay and other staff pay, including the lowest paid.
Senior officers' pay report
This report shows the pay grades for the City Director and officer posts.
What the report shows
The salary table shows:
- job title
- service area
- net budget responsibility
- full-time equivalent pay range
- contract type.
Report format
The report is published in PDF and CSV format. You can copy the data from the CSV file into a spreadsheet or database.
These reports are also stored on our Bristol City Council Senior Officers Salary Information page on DATA.GOV.UK.
Organisation chart
The organisation chart shows the reporting lines of the council's senior officers.
What the reports shows
The structure of the senior officers, first to third tier, are shown in the chart.
Report format
The organisation chart is published in PDF and CSV format. This chart is also stored on our Organisation Chart for Bristol City Council page on DATA.GOV.UK.
Senior salary count
This report shows the number of employees paid an annual salary of £50,000 and above.
- pdf Senior salary count as at 31 December 2023 in PDF format (98 KB)
- default Senior salary count as at 31 December 2023 in CSV format (2 KB)
What the report shows
The number of employees paid an annual salary of £50,000 and above is shown in bands of £5000.
Report format
The senior salary count is published in PDF and CSV format. This report is also stored on the Organisation Chart for Bristol City Council page on DATA.GOV.UK.
Pay multiples report
This report shows the ratio between the lowest and average salaries in the council.
What the report shows
The ratios between the highest paid salary and the lowest paid; mean and median salary of the council's workforce.
Report format
The report is published in PDF and CSV format. You can copy the data from the CSV file into a spreadsheet or database. You can also get the reports in XLSX format from the Bristol City Council pay multiples page on DATA.GOV.UK.
Trade union facility time
This report shows how many trade union representatives we have and includes the estimated cost as a percentage of the total pay bill.
What the report shows
The absolute number and full-time equivalent trade union representatives at Bristol City Council. A basic estimate of spending on trade union representatives as a percentage of the total pay bill is included.
Report format
This report is published in PDF and CSV format. You can copy the data from the CSV file into a spreadsheet or database. You can also get these reports from the Bristol City Council pay multiples page on DATA.GOV.UK
You can also get our data from the Public-sector trade union facility time data page on GOV.UK
Reusing our data
This information is free to reuse under the Open Government Licence.
More about how the city council shares data.
Requests for more details about any of the information published on this page will be responded to as a freedom of information request.