Council pay scales

(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.

Officer pay scales for scales 1 to 6

Pay scales effective from 1 April 2021.

Salary scale	Spinal point	Annual salary
Scale 1	1	£21,228
	2	£21,399
	3	£21,783
Scale 2	3	£21,783
	4	£22,179
Scale 3	5	£22,575
	6	£22,983
Scale 4	7	£23,400
	8	£23,817
	9	£24,243
	10	£24,684
	11	£25,128
Scale 5	12	£25,578
	13	£26,040
	14	£26,508
	15	£26,985
	16	£27,471
Scale 6	18	£28,470
	19	£28,983
	20	£29,502
	21	£30,036

London Living wage supplement in no longer applicable as all employees will earn over £19,802.77 per annum.

Pay scales for senior and principal officers

Pay scales effective from 1 April 2021.

Salary scale	Spinal point	Annual salary
SO1	23	£31,122
	24	£31,590
	25	£32,112
SO2	26	£32,988
	27	£33,909
	28	£34,809
PO1	27	£33,909
	28	£34,809
	29	£35,496
	30	£36,378
PO2	29	£35,496
	30	£36,378
	31	£37,353
	32	£38,385
PO3	32	£38,385
	33	£39,564
	34	£40,566
	35	£41,586
PO4	35	£41,586
	36	£42,585
	37	£43,605
	38	£44,628
PO5	38	£44,628
	39	£45,576
	40	£46,638
	41	£47,661
PO6	40	£46,638
	41	£47,661
	42	£48,681
	43	£49,674
PO7	43	£49,674
	44	£50,700
	45	£51,717
	46	£52,746
PO8	45	£51,717
	46	£52,746
	47	£53,793
	48	£54,873
PO9	49	£55,980
	50	£57,084
	51	£58,173
	52	£59,262
PO10	53	£60,366
	54	£61,455
	55	£62,547
	56	£63,651
PO11	57	£64,749
	58	£65,838
	59	£66,936
	60	£68,343
PO12	61	£69,768
	62	£71,229
	63	£72,726
	64	£74,247
	65	£75,738

Pay scales for chief officers

Pay scales effective from 1 April 2022.

Salary Scale	Spinal Point	Salary (per annum)
Chief Executive (CE4)	4	£199,234
	3	£204,768
	2	£210,302
	1	£215,837
Deputy Chief Executive (DCE)		£175,000
Strategic Director 1	5	£162,590
	4	£159,044
	3	£156,437
	2	£153,829
	1	£151,223
Strategic Director 2	5	£150,179
	4	£147,364
	3	£144,235
	2	£141,106
	1	£137,664
Corporate Director 1	4	£127,235
	3	£125,150
	2	£123,064
	1	£120,978
Corporate Director 2	5	£120,647
	4	£117,880
	3	£115,112
	2	£112,345
	1	£111,770
Corporate Director 3	5	£110,641
	4	£107,819
	3	£104,996
	2	£102,174
	1	£99,351
Assistant Director (AD)	5	£95,964
	4	£93,142
	3	£90,319
	2	£87,497
	1	£84,674

Education employees pay scales

Education employees payscales 01.09.21 (PDF)

Local government payscales 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.

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Waltham Forest pay policy statements

Council’s gender pay gap statement:

Council's gender pay gap strategy:

Council's ethnicity pay gap strategy:

People strategy 2021 to 2025:

Officer pay scales for scales 1 to 6

Pay scales for senior and principal officers

Pay scales for chief officers

Education employees pay scales

Local government payscales and terms and conditions