29 council employees across Nottinghamshire earned more than £100,000 over the past year, it has been revealed. New figures show that the chief executive of Nottinghamshire County Council Anthony May is the highest earner, being paid £185,386 during the most recent financial year.
Of those 29 employees, 20 were paid more than six figures through just their base salary - with the rest passing the threshold through other means such as contributions to their pension, bonuses or compensation.
At Nottingham City Council, the director for commercial and operations received their yearly salary of just under £40,000 - but was also given compensation to the tune of £88,170. The highest earner at the city council was its corporate director for people, who was paid £143,850. Mel Barrett, the city council's chief executive, is paid a salary of £104,891.
