Council pay scales

Last updated: 12 December 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:

Council's gender pay gap strategy:

Gender pay gap strategy (PDF)

Council's ethnicity pay gap strategy:

Ethnicity pay gap strategy 2021 (PDF)

Officer pay scales for scales 1 to 6

Pay scales effective from 1 April 2024.

Salary Scale	Spinal Point	Annual Salary
Scale 1	2	£27,345
	3	£27,729
Scale 2	3	£27,729
	4	£28,125
Scale 3	5	£28,521
	6	£28,929
Scale 4	7	£29,346
	8	£29,763
	9	£30,189
	10	£30,630
	11	£31,074
Scale 5	12	£31,524
	13	£31,986
	14	£32,454
	15	£32,931
	16	£33,417
	17	*
Scale 6	18	£34,416
	19	£34,929
	20	£35,448
	21	£35,982

*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 2024.

Salary Scale	Spinal Point	Annual Salary
SO1	23	£37,068
	24	£37,536
	25	£38,058
SO2	26	£38,934
	27	£39,855
	28	£40,755
PO1	27	£39,855
	28	£40,755
	29	£41,442
	30	£42,324
PO2	29	£41,442
	30	£42,324
	31	£43,299
	32	£44,331
PO3	32	£44,331
	33	£45,510
	34	£46,512
	35	£47,532
PO4	35	£47,532
	36	£48,531
	37	£49,551
	38	£50,574
PO5	38	£50,574
	39	£51,522
	40	£52,584
	41	£53,607
PO6	40	£52,584
	41	£53,607
	42	£54,627
	43	£55,620
PO7	43	£55,620
	44	£56,646
	45	£57,663
	46	£58,692
PO8	45	£57,663
	46	£58,692
	47	£59,739
	48	£60,819
PO9	49	£61,980
	50	£63,159
	51	£64,317
	52	£65,478
PO10	53	£66,651
	54	£67,812
	55	£68,973
	56	£70,152
PO11	57	£71,319
	58	£72,480
	59	£73,647
	60	£75,144
PO12	61	£76,665
	62	£78,219
	63	£79,812
	64	£81,435
	65	£83,019

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	£100,854
	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.