Scottish Government employees by pay grade: FOI release

Information requested

You asked for the following information:

1. A breakdown of Scottish Government FTE roles by pay grade; i.e. the total number of FTEs employed by Scottish Government at respective bands of its pay grade.

2. The total number of Scottish Government employees paid over £50,000 (please include any departmental salary uplifts, car allowances or other non-standard benefits for specific job types or departments paid directly to employees within this definition of over £50,000).

3. The total number of Scottish Government employees paid over £80,000 (this should include any salary uplifts, car allowances or other non-standard benefits for specific job types or departments paid directly to employees within this definition of over £80,000).

4. The total number of Scottish Government employees paid over £100,000 (again this should include any salary uplifts, car allowances or other non-standard benefits for specific job types or departments paid directly to employees within this definition of over £100,000).

Response

Response to Question 1

Please see a breakdown of Scottish Government Core FTE roles by pay grade as at 31 December 2024 in the table below:

Grade	FTE
A3	258.91
A4	370.90
B1	1042.88
B2	1723.31
B3	2317.59
BFS	45.52
C1	1840.77
C2	821.18
C3	119.25
Legal Trainee	14
Marine	157.93
SCS - Deputy Director	201.16
SCS - Director	51.3
SCS – Director General	9*
SCS – Permanent Secretary	1

*As at 31 December 2024, for the eight Directorates, we had eight Director Generals and one staff member on temporary promotion to Director General to cover an absence.

Response to Questions 2 - 4

Please see the table below that provides information in response to questions 2 – 4. For the avoidance of doubt, the Scottish Government does not provide car allowances to our staff.

Salary	Number of Scottish Government Core Staff (Headcount)
£50,000 to £79,999	3,788
£80,000 to £99,999	911
£100,000 and over	82

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