There are too many overpaid bureaucrats and consultants
Auckland Council employs 700 staff for every 100,000 residents. That is 1,700 more than Brisbane City Council on a per capita basis. Auckland Council’s payroll has ballooned from $803 million in 2016 to over $1 billion in 2022.
The average salary of Council staff is $86,843 or $15,967 higher than average yearly earnings in Auckland. Between 2016 and 2022, the number of staff paid more than $100,000 increased by 83% from 2,048 to 3,742. They now make up 30% of the Council workforce.
Auckland Council head office employs 436 senior managers on an average salary of $162,464 at a cost of $70 million to ratepayers and spent $86 million on consultants in 2022!