Kirklees Council staff wages: Campaign group's 'rich list' reveals how much top earners at Kirklees Council get paid
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The list was published by campaigners the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) and sets out the council staff across the country who had wages of £100k or more in the 2022/23 financial year.
The highest earner at Kirklees Council was chief executive Jacqui Gedman, with an annual salary of £187,087.
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Hide AdBelow the chief executive are the strategic directors for Adults and Health, Children and Families, and Corporate Strategy, Commissioning and Public Health – each earning £139,860.
These posts are currently held by Richard Parry, Tom Brailsford and Rachel Spencer-Henshall, respectively.
A further two strategic directors – for Environment and Climate change, and Growth and Regeneration – received over £130k, with the remaining 14 members of staff who made the list earning between £102,500 and £117,500.
The total spent on the twenty combined wages was £2.36m.
Below is a full breakdown as it appears in the list:
Job Title | Salary (£) |
Chief executive | 187,087 |
Strategic director adults and health | 139,860 |
Strategic director children and families | 139,860 |
Strategic director corporate strategy, commissioning and public health | 139,860 |
Strategic director environment and climate change | 130,366 |
Strategic director growth and regeneration | 130,366 |
Service director governance and commissioning (monitoring officer) | 107,087 |
Service director finance (s151 officer) | 107,087 |
Undisclosed | 117,500 |
Undisclosed | 107,500 |
Undisclosed | 107,500 |
Undisclosed | 107,500 |
Undisclosed | 107,500 |
Undisclosed | 107,500 |
Undisclosed | 107,500 |
Undisclosed | 107,500 |
Undisclosed | 102,500 |
Undisclosed | 102,500 |
Undisclosed | 102,500 |
Undisclosed | 102,500 |
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