Salaries and Expenditure Rates 2022 - 2027

RoleAnnual Salary for the y/c 1 April 2022Annual Salary for the period commencing 1 January 2023Annual Salary for the y/c 1 April 2023Annual Salary for the period commencing 4 February 2024 Annual Salary for the y/c 1 April 2024

Member

£51,500

£37,337.501

£37,337.501

£52,0002

£52,5003

Member of the Commission

£57,500

£42,137.50

£42,137.50

£58,000

£58,500

Chairperson of a Statutory Committee or of the Public Accounts Committee

£63,500

see note 1

see note 1

£64,000

£64,500

Speaker

£89,500

£57,297.50

£57,297.50

£90,000

£90,500

Principal Deputy or Deputy Speaker

£57,500

£38,837.50

£38,837.50

£58,000

£58,500

First Minister or deputy First Minister

£123,500

see note 1

see note 1

£124,000

£124,500

Other Ministerial office

£89,500

see note 1

see note 1

£90,000

£90,500

Junior Minister

£57,500

see note 1

see note 1

£58,000

£58,500

1 - Under Paragraph (4) of the Assembly Members (Salaries and Expenses) (Period in which Assembly not functioning) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2022, A member is entitled to the annual salary as set out in Table 1B, not the annual salary as set out in Table 1. Sub-paragraph (7) applies where a person is not a member of the Assembly but, by virtue of a provision of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, still holds an office for which a salary is payable under Table 1B (for example because that person did not stand for re-election following dissolution of the Assembly. That person’s salary is reduced by the amount a member is entitled to (under Table 1B) by virtue of being a member only

2 - Under Paragraph (5) of the Assembly Members (Salaries and Expenses) (Period in which Assembly not functioning) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2022, at the end of the reduced salary period, the figures in Table 1 are to be treated as if they had increased in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)

3 - Under Paragraph (3) of the Assembly Members (Salaries and Expenses) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2016 as amended by the Assembly Members (Salaries and Expenses) (Amendment) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2020, the figures in Table 1 increase by £500 on 1 April each year if the inflation criterion is satisfied. Where the consumer prices index for the September of the previous year must be 1% or greater.