Pay Multiple: Chief Officer and Staff Salary Ratios for UK Local Government

Pay multiple data discloses the ratio between the average annual salary of Chief Officers and the pay of the lowest-paid staff in UK local authorities. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service and is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0. The last update date is unknown.

Use Cases

• Calculate pay disparity ratios based on average chief officer salary and national living wage.
• Benchmark executive compensation across local government bodies based on disclosed salary data.
• Analyze trends in public sector wage structures based on full-time equivalent annual salary figures.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Government Digital Service.
• Includes a clear definition for 'lowest paid staff' as those paid on the National Living Wage.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (XML, CSV, HTML, JSON).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from mandatory disclosures by UK local authorities.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Likely United Kingdom, based on the source organization and the reference to the National Living Wage.