Ministry of Defence: Pay
(asked on 22nd July 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees in his Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
As at 31 March 2025, of the 57,501 Civil Servants in the Ministry of Defence (MOD), a total of 401 individuals, representing 0.7 per cent, earn over £100,000.
The below table shows the number of MOD Civil Servants earning above £100,000 and £160,000 as at 31 March 2025.
Total number of MOD Civil Servants on full/reduced pay | Gross Earnings > £100K and <= £166k | Gross Earnings over £166k (not included in over £100K figure) |
57,501 | 384 | 17 |
Source: Analysis Civilian - Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES) data
Gross salary is adjusted for Full Time Equivalent (FTE). Gross salary is calculated as per Cabinet Office ACSES guidance. This excludes allowances associated with short-term circumstances or duties (e.g. deputising allowances, reimbursements and overtime), salary sacrifices and non-consolidated performance related pay during the year.
The population for these figures includes all MOD civil servants on full or reduced pay as at 31-Mar-2025. Civil Servants on other pay arrangements and people that left during the year are excluded.
Statistics on the composition of the Civil Service workforce, including regional, diversity and earnings data is published by the Cabinet Office on gov.uk at the following link:
www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics