Pay

Salary scales set the level of pay for each job at Kent County Council. The scale usually has a range of pay with a minimum and maximum salary.

All employees will be paid on a salary range appropriate to their grade which is determined by a number of factors including the accountabilities and responsibilities of their job.

This pay scale is effective from 1 April 2025.

Grade EntryTemporary transition point 1Middle 1Middle 2Temporary transition point 2 Top
KS R£217,528£222,449£227,370£237,213£242,134£247,055
KS Q£168,222£175,205£182,188£196,154£203,137£210,120
KS P£136,839£141,006£145,173£153,508£157,675£161,842
KS O£109,856£113,135£116,414£122,972£126,251£129,530
KS N£89,579£92,868£96,156£102,732£106,021£109,309
KS M£77,348£79,671£81,994-£84,317£86,639
KS L£68,295£70,292£72,288-£74,284£76,280
KS K£60,800£62,461£64,122-£65,783£67,444
KS J£52,716£54,599£56,481-£58,364£60,246
KS I£45,672£47,127£48,581-£50,035£51,489
KS H£39,355£40,742£42,128-£43,514£44,900
KS G£34,421£35,392£36,363-£37,334£38,304
KS F£30,404£32,078---£33,752
KS E£27,852£28,784---£29,716
KS D£26,393£27,053---£27,713
KS C£25,252£25,757---£26,262
KS B-----£25,126
KS A-----£24,513
KS Entry Apprentice*-----£19,216

Read our Pay Policy statement

Read our Apprenticeship Levy report (PDF, 249.8 KB)

Gender pay gap and equal pay

The gender pay gap is the difference in the average hourly wage of all men and women across a workforce but we remain of the view it is a flawed calculation of the gender differences within an organisation. At Kent County Council we employ more women than men – at all grades. The table shows the percentage of male and female staff employed in each band of grades.

Salary band% of males employed% of females employed
Lower quartile19%81%
Lower middle quartile14%86%
Upper middle quartile23%77%
Upper quartile27%73%

In addition to these figures, 60% of our Senior Leadership Team (staff on grade KSK and above or with a salary of at least £60,800 from April 2025) are women but the fact that over 80% of our mid to lower grade roles are carried out by women drives our gender pay gap figure up.

Read more about our senior staff, their grades, roles and responsibilities:

A more useful measurement of gender equality is equal pay – paying men and women the same for doing the same job – which Kent County Council does.

Our gender pay gap is 12%. As explained above, this measurement tells us nothing about actual equal pay at Kent County Council.

Gender pay gap statements