Council pay scales

Last updated: 8 November 2024

Next review: 27 March 2025

(All pay scales shown include London weighting)

Waltham Forest pay policy statements

Please note that the following Pay Policies are published in line with our statutory obligations in March of each year. For current and most up-to-date salaries scales, please refer to the pay scales mentioned below.

Council’s gender pay gap statement:

Officer pay scales for scales 1 to 6

Pay scales effective from 1 April 2023.

Salary Scale	Spinal Point	Annual Salary
Scale 1	2	£25,854
	3	£26,238
Scale 2	3	£26,238
	4	£26,634
Scale 3	5	£27,030
	6	£27,438
Scale 4	7	£27,855
	8	£28,272
	9	£28,698
	10	£29,139
	11	£29,583
Scale 5	12	£30,033
	13	£30,495
	14	£30,963
	15	£31,440
	16	£31,926
	17	*
Scale 6	18	£32,925
	19	£33,438
	20	£33,957
	21	£34,491

*Please note that spinal point 17 was removed as part of the LBWF Pay scales review in 2019.

With effect from 24 October 2023, the Council will be applying the London Living Wage supplement to all pay points below £24,683.08 per annum.

Pay scales for senior and principal officers

Pay scales effective from 1 April 2023.

Salary Scale	Spinal Point	Annual Salary
SO1	23	£35,577
	24	£36,045
	25	£36,567
SO2	26	£37,443
	27	£38,364
	28	£39,264
PO1	27	£38,364
	28	£39,264
	29	£39,951
	30	£40,833
PO2	29	£39,951
	30	£40,833
	31	£41,808
	32	£42,840
PO3	32	£42,840
	33	£44,019
	34	£45,021
	35	£46,041
PO4	35	£46,041
	36	£47,040
	37	£48,060
	38	£49,083
PO5	38	£49,083
	39	£50,031
	40	£51,093
	41	£52,116
PO6	40	£51,093
	41	£52,116
	42	£53,136
	43	£54,129
PO7	43	£54,129
	44	£55,155
	45	£56,172
	46	£57,201
PO8	45	£56,172
	46	£57,201
	47	£58,248
	48	£59,328
PO9	49	£60,468
	50	£61,617
	51	£62,748
	52	£63,879
PO10	53	£65,025
	54	£66,156
	55	£67,290
	56	£68,439
PO11	57	£69,579
	58	£70,710
	59	£71,850
	60	£73,311
PO12	61	£74,793
	62	£76,311
	63	£77,865
	64	£79,446
	65	£80,994

Pay scales for chief officers

Pay scales effective from 01 April 2023.

Please note that the following salaries are inclusive of the London Weighting payment.

Salary Scale	Spinal Point	Salary (per annum)
Chief Executive (CE4)	4	£225,383
	3	£219,655
	2	£213,927
	1	£208,200
Deputy Chief Executive (DCE)		£183,117
Strategic Director 1	5	£174,530
	4	£170,768
	3	£168,002
	2	£165,236
	1	£162,471
Strategic Director 2	5	£161,364
	4	£158,377
	3	£155,057
	2	£151,738
	1	£148,087
Corporate Director 1	4	£137,023
	3	£134,810
	2	£132,597
	1	£130,385
Corporate Director 2	5	£130,034
	4	£127,098
	3	£124,162
	2	£121,226
	1	£120,616
Corporate Director 3	5	£119,419
	4	£116,424
	3	£113,430
	2	£110,436
	1	£107,442
Assistant Director (AD)	5	£103,848
	4	£100,584
	3	£97,860
	2	£94,865
	1	£91,871

Soulbury employees pay scales

Soulbury Grades (EIP,YC,LA)_1.9.23 (PDF)

Soulbury_ED PSYCHS_Scale A_range B_1.9.23 (PDF)

Local government pay scales and terms and conditions

The pay scales and terms of employment for local government workers are set by the National Joint Council (NJC) for Local Government Services (PDF)

All pay scales include London weighting.