Taxpayers forked out almost £2.5million in wages for just 19 Glasgow jobs.
The eye-watering wage bill includes £224,690 paid to the city council's chief executive Annemarie O'Donnell, who is currently facing a record £119million budget shortfall.
Her basic wage accounts for £188,128 of her earnings, with the extra £36,562 paid to cover additional duties carried out during the council elections earlier this year.
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Glasgow City Council published details of senior salaries for officials in the year 2021/22, including arms-length subsidiaries like the Scottish Event Campus Ltd (SEC) which operate SEC and Hydro, and Glasgow Life which runs sports and leisure facilities.
The highest paid is SEC Ltd chief executive Peter Duthie who earned £235,316, including allowances, expenses, and pension contributions.
Council finance chief Martin Booth's £148,875 before tax pay packet includes a £1,500 payment for election duties.
The city's executive director of education, Maureen McKenna's wage totted up to £114,906 before she left in January this year, her replacement Douglas Hutchison started a week later and was paid £30,798 for the period to the end of the financial year on March 31.
Other top council earners are the executive director of neighbourhoods, regeneration, and sustainability George Gillespie, who cost £147,761 a year, with both regional economic growth director Kevin Rush and his counterpart in community empowerment and equalities Bernadette Monaghan on £110,000 each.
Director of Legal and Administration Elaine Galletly also earned over £100,000, as did interim chief social work officer Jackie Kerr.
Over at the Scottish Event Campus Ltd, director of finance William McFadyen made £154,515, including expenses and allowances.
City Building (contracts) director Alan Burns wage and expenses came to £165,027, with Glasgow Life boss Dr Bridget McConnell costing £147,969.
Details of other senior officials are also included in the report published on Glasgow City Council's website, along with that of council leader Susan Aitken, who cost the public purse £55,724, former Lord Provost Phillip Braat on £41,793, and deputy leader David McDonald on £40,932.
Earlier this month finance boss Mr Booth revealed the budget deficit facing Glasgow is 10 times higher than last year and doesn't account for an increase in demand or services as a result of the cost of living crisis.
In a statement at the time he said: "For many years the council has had to identify savings in order to balance its budget. As a result, the ability to identify opportunities for efficiency savings and service reform was becoming increasingly difficult.
"However, the current levels of inflation are significant and are forecast to have a profound effect on the finances of the council family over the next three years. This will severely affect the type and range of savings the council family are able to identify for the period of this financial forecast."
The four political groups in the council have been asked to prepare budgets that will identify savings to address the shortfall.
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