Myth of overpaid charity chiefs put to bed
Recruiters say Scottish charity bosses earn around 9% less than their UK counterparts.
Recruitment firm BTA found that the average charity chief executive in Scotland earned £47,500, compared with £52,000 across the UK.
The firm analysed job adverts over two years to compile its Scottish Charity Workforce Salary Survey ahead of the full report being published next month.
An unusual finding was that charity directors in Scotland are earning more than chief executives. This is because some roles will be for running the Scottish arm of a larger UK charity while some larger Scottish charities may also pay reasonably well for senior roles below chief executive.
Abeer Macintyre, joint chief executive of BTA said: “At last we can disprove this myth about charity leaders being overpaid in Scotland,” she said. “They are not. They do hard jobs, running complex organisations on tight budgets.”
Pat Armstrong, chief executive of the Association of Chief Officers of Scottish Voluntary Organisations, “sector leaders give real value for money for their organisations.”
Top salaries at the bigger organisations have come under intense scrutiny over the past few years following well-publicised charity scandals.
