Salaries, expenses, benefits and workforce information

The Mayor and the 25 London Assembly Members receive an annual salary and, on retirement, a pension. They are also entitled in certain circumstances to a resettlement grant payment when they leave office.

Under the GLA Act, the Mayor and Members set their own levels of pay, resettlement grant and pension benefits. This is done within a framework the Mayor and Assembly agreed following a review by the independent Review Body on Senior Salaries.

• Resettlement and ill health retirement grant determination 2008 (PDF)
• Review of pay, pensions and allowances for the Mayor of London and London Assembly Members 2009 (PDF)
• Elected Members Salary Determination 2022
• Pensions determination 2017 (PDF)

The Mayor’s salary is £160,976. The salary of an Assembly Member is currently £62,761 per year, except for the Statutory Deputy Mayor which is £111,669 and the Chair of the Assembly which is £75,266.

Those Assembly Members who are MPs receive a two-thirds abatement to their salary.

Transparency information

The Mayor’s and Assembly Members’ salaries are published on their profile pages together with the details of expenses and taxable benefits they receive.

Our approach to expenses and benefits is described in our Expenses and Benefits Framework (PDF).

We aim to ensure a fair and proportionate rate of pay for staff that reflects the work they do. We also aim to pay salaries that match those of our competitors in central London and help us retain staff.

Our annual Pay Policy Statement (PDF) describes how we go about doing that, including details of our pay structure, reward strategy and the pay ratios between our highest and lower paid staff.

Staff may claim expenses, again in line with our Expenses and Benefits Framework, but do not claim taxable benefits.

Transparency information

Every 12 months we publish, for Deputy Mayors, Mayoral Advisors and senior staff, details of:

• how much each was paid in the past financial year
• any contributions we made to their pensions
• their budget and the number of staff who report to them
• their role

We also publish a table showing how many members of staff were paid more than £50,000 in the preceding year, broken down into £5,000 bands.

• Numbers of staff earning over £50,000

This data was updated in July 2017, and like other relevant information on this page, are published in-line with Government’s Local Government Transparency Code.

If you want to find this year’s salaries and details of expenses for the Mayoral Team, you can do so via their individual profile pages.

The salaries of our Senior Leadership Team are available via their profile pages. Other staff salary information can be found on the organisational charts below.

Staff expenses, together with expenses and benefits claimed by the Mayor and Assembly Members, are reported regularly to the Audit Panel.

We also publish a table detailing the representation of equalities groups according to salary level. Download this data as at 31 March 2019.