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Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourSpeaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityTabled Answered 16 March 2026UIN 120210

The question

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the (a) median and (b) mean full-time equivalent salary was for each staff job title in 2024-25 for hon. Members' staff (i) outside and (ii) inside London.

Answered by Charlotte Nichols

IPSA has provided the median and mean full-time equivalent salary for each MPs’ staff job family and job title in 2024-25 for both staff members employed outside and inside London in the table below. The data excludes cases where only one staff member holds a specific title, to avoid the risk of disclosing information about identifiable individuals.

Mean and Median Salaries per job family

Job Family

Location

No in role

Mean FTE Salary

Median FTE Salary

Admin 1

Non-London

130

27495.39

26579.15

Admin 1

London

55

30108.80

30000.00

Admin 2

Non-London

82

33220.17

32837.34

Admin 2

London

16

36655.24

36190.00

Admin 3

Non-London

409

45593.61

45113.41

Admin 3

London

131

49387.34

50000.00

Exec 1

Non-London

1054

29094.57

29000.00

Exec 1

London

250

30688.19

30000.00

Exec 2

Non-London

604

37370.29

37000.00

Exec 2

London

147

40782.43

40000.00

Research 2

Non-London

105

32051.67

32000.00

Research 2

London

377

33150.47

33000.00

Research 3

London

380

47800.77

46000.00

Research 3

Non-London

161

45821.65

46200.00

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