FOI Release: Employee Salary Bands

Published: 03 April 2025
Freedom of information class: What we spend and how

Information request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).


FOI reference: CW-2025-194
Date received: 17 March 2025
Date clarified: 19 March 2025
Date responded: 02 April 2025

Information requested:

  1. A breakdown of the number of Registers of Scotland employees grouped by salary bands (e.g., £50,000–£55,000, £55,001–£60,000, etc.).
  1. The number of Registers of Scotland employees whose annual salary is £50,000 or higher.
  1. The number of Registers of Scotland employees whose annual salary is £80,000 or higher.
  1. The number of Registers of Scotland employees whose annual salary is £100,000 or higher.

Response:

The answers to your questions have been noted below. Please note these figures are based on actual salaries including part time working and reflect our staffing position at the date of your request (17 March 2025). Contingent workers are not included.

A breakdown of the number of Registers of Scotland employees grouped by salary bands is as follows:

Salary Bands No. of RoS Employees
£15,000 and under 7
£15,001 - £20,000 28
£20,001 - £25,000 46
£25,001 - £30,000 30
£30,001 - £35,000 258
£35,001 - £40,000 301
£40,001 - £45,000 241
£45,001 - £50,000 35
£50,001 - £55,000 112
£55,001 - £60,000 12
£60,001 - £65,000 8
£65,001 - £70,000 16
£70,001 - £75,000 32
£75,001 - £80,000 0
£80,001 - £85,000 4
£85,001 - £90,000 11
£90,001 - £95,000 2
£95,001 - £100,000 2
£100,001+ 0

There are 199 Registers of Scotland employees whose annual salary is £50,000 or higher.

There are 19 Registers of Scotland employees whose annual salary is £80,000 or higher.

There are 0 Registers of Scotland employees whose annual salary is £100,000 or higher.

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