Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-02049

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 2 August 2021
Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 August 2021

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated average salary is for its staff, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) Scottish Parliament constituency.

Answer

At 31 March 2021 there were 7816 directly employed staff within the core Scottish Government, however all staff continued to work from home where possible during this time.

The average salary for staff normally based in each Local Authority is in the following table.

Local Authority	Headcount	Average ‎ Salary
Aberdeen City	278	£ 37,518.99
Aberdeenshire	89	£ 29,497.37
Angus	5	£ 31,542.20
Argyll & Bute	49	£ 28,444.88
City of Edinburgh	5411	£ 43,835.82
Dumfries & Galloway	31	£ 30,666.03
Dundee City	28	£ 37,955.21
Eilean Siar	29	£ 29,163.10
Falkirk	52	£ 48,274.67
Fife	4	*
Glasgow City	1361	£ 43,161.44
Highland	126	£ 31,775.75
Moray	14	£ 29,768.79
North Ayrshire	1	*
Orkney Islands	24	£ 31,828.25
Outwith Scotland **	34	£ 55,697.65
Perth & Kinross	121	£ 34,091.55
Scottish Borders	49	£ 30,957.90
Shetland Isles	14	£ 30,456.57
South Ayrshire	51	£ 31,775.73
South Lanarkshire	19	£ 32,761.84
Stirling	1	*
West Lothian	25	£ 46,160.20

The average salary for staff normally based in each Scottish Parliamentary constituency is in the following table.

Constituency	Headcount	Average ‎ Salary
Aberdeen Central	6	£ 43,586.33
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine	272	£ 37,385.15
Aberdeenshire West	57	£ 29,599.46
Almond Valley	25	£ 46,160.20
Angus North and Mearns	5	£ 31,542.20
Argyll and Bute	42	£ 29,468.24
Ayr	51	£ 31,775.73
Banffshire and Buchan Coast	32	£ 29,315.53
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross	40	£ 29,011.55
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane	1	*
Cunninghame South	1	*
Dumfriesshire	31	£ 30,666.03
Dundee City West	28	£ 37,955.21
Edinburgh Central	1888	£ 44,868.71
Edinburgh Northern and Leith	2464	£ 45,659.40
Edinburgh Pentlands	917	£ 38,123.78
Edinburgh Western	142	£ 35,346.78
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire	2	*
Falkirk East	2	*
Falkirk West	50	£ 48,502.86
Glasgow Kelvin	1345	£ 43,280.75
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	8	£ 29,027.00
Glasgow Shettleston	6	£ 39,682.67
Glasgow Southside	2	*
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse	11	£ 28,439.27
Inverness and Nairn	72	£ 33,688.06
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale	47	£ 31,066.60
Moray	14	£ 29,768.79
Na h-Eileanan an Iar	29	£ 29,163.10
North East Fife	4	*
Orkney Islands	17	£ 33,563.12
Outwith Scotland **	34	£ 55,697.65
Perthshire North	40	£ 37,885.68
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire	81	£ 32,217.90
Shetland Islands	14	£ 30,456.57
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch	28	£ 27,399.32
Uddingston and Bellshill	8	£ 38,705.38

* To protect personal information, salaries for groups of 4 or less employees have been suppressed.

** Scottish Government manages 2 locations outside of Scotland (London and Brussels). Some staff work from offices which are managed under different arrangements: i.e. buildings may be shared with other organisations.

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