City councilors’ salaries & expense allowances

The remuneration of elected representatives at the City of Reykjavík is governed by the provisions of the Resolution on the Remuneration and Working Facilities of Elected Representatives (IS). This page displays information about salary payments to elected representatives according to the provisions of the Resolution.

City councilors’ salaries & expense allowances

City councilors Base salary Presidential premium President and council chairs City Executive Council Three committees Expenses
Aðalsteinn Haukur Sverrisson 1,014,454 253,613 73,263
Alexandra Briem 1,014,454 253,613 60,867 73,263
Andrea Helgadóttir 1,014,454 253,613 60,867 73,263
Árelía Eydís Guðmundsdóttir 1,014,454 253,613 60,867 73,263
Björn Gíslason 1,014,454 60,867 253,613 73,263
Dóra Björt Guðjónsdóttir 1,014,454 253,613 253,613 73,263
Einar Þorsteinsson 1,014,454 253,613 405,781 73,263
Friðjón R. Friðjónsson 1,014,454 253,613 73,263
Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir 1,014,454 253,613 253,613 73,263
Hildur Björnsdóttir 1,014,454 253,613 253,613 73,263
Hjálmar Sveinsson 1,014,454 253,613 73,263
Kjartan Magnússon 1,014,454 60,867 253,613 73,263
Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir 1,014,454 253,613 253,613 73,263
Líf Magneudóttir 1,014,454 253,613 73,263
Magnea Gná Jóhannsdóttir 1,014,454 253,613 73,263
Magnús Davíð Norðdahl 1,014,454 253,613 73,263
Marta Guðjónsdóttir 1,014,454 60,867 253,613 73,263
Ragnhildur Alda Vilhjálmsdóttir 1,014,454 253,613 253,613 73,263
Sabine Leskopf 1,014,454 253,613 73,263
Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir 1,014,454 253,613 73,263
Skúli Helgason 1,014,454 253,613 60,867 73,263
Trausti Breiðfjörð Magnússon 1,014,454 60,867 253,613 Sick leave
Þórdís Lóa Þórhallsdóttir 1,014,454 507,227 253,613 73,263
First deputy city councilors Base salary Presidential premium President and council chairs City Executive Council Three committees Expenses
Ásta Þórdís Skjalddal 710,118 253,613 73,263
Guðný Maja Riba 710,118 73,263
Helga Þórðardóttir 710,118 73,263
Helgi Áss Grétarsson 710,118 253,613 73,263
Kristinn Jón Ólafsson 710,118 253,613 73,263
Pawel Bartoszek 710,118 60,867 253,613 73,263
Stefán Pálsson 710,118 253,613 73,263
Þorvaldur Daníelsson 710,118 253,613 73,263
Remuneration outcomes for city councilors and first deputy city councilors as of January 1, 2024.

Reykjavík City pays the Mayor's salary, including expenses, of 2,307,940 kr. according to a letter of employment. In addition, the Mayor receives remuneration for the chairmanship of the Board of the Capital Region Fire Service, kr. 229151. The remuneration of the Mayor takes into account the remuneration of the Prime Minister as determined at all times by the Labor Court (I. kjaradómur) pursuant to Act No. 120/1997.

For the longest time, the remuneration of city councilors was linked to parliamentarians' salaries, but following Resolution No. 2016.3.001 of the Labor Court, City Council, at its meeting on November 15, 2016, decided to direct the Council Presidium to decide that the remuneration of city councilors and the salary payments of other elected representatives linked to parliamentarians' salaries should not be changed despite the Resolution. Reykjavík City subsequently adopted an amended proposal on the remuneration of elected representatives at the City of Reykjavík in such a way as to eliminate the link with parliamentarians’ salaries and, instead, link it to the wage index in order to better reflect general salary developments and to bring the remuneration into line with the framework agreement between management and labor.

After the change, the total salary costs of city councilors and the remuneration of other elected representatives will change according to the wage index. The base salary considers changes in the wage index since March 2013 and is updated in January and July of each year.

As of January 1, 2024:

  • Base salary of city councilors in ISK 1,014,454
  • Base salary of deputy city councilors: kr. 710,118
  • City councilors will be paid expenses in the amount of kr. 73,263, to meet all personal expenses incurred for the job.
  • City councilors are entitled to a 25% salary premium for serving as chair in a sectorial council/city council party group or if the councilor is a member of three or more standing committees.
  • City councilors elected to the City Executive Council are entitled to a 25% salary premium, elected alternatives are entitled to a 6% salary premium and the Chair of the City Executive Council is entitled to a 40% salary premium.
  • The President of City Council is entitled to a 25% salary premium.
  • City councilor salary and expenses with a 6% premium (City Executive Council alternate). 1148584.
  • City councilor salary and expenses with a 25% premium (for example, for sitting on three councils) kr. 1341330.
  • City councilor salary and expenses with a 2x25% premium (for example, for a sitting on City Executive Council and three other councils) kr. 1594943.
  • 1st deputy city councilor salary and expenses with a 6% premium (City Executive Council alternate) kr. 844248.
  • 1st deputy city councilor salary and expenses with a 25% premium (e.g. for sitting on three councils) kr. 1036994.

This page displays salary payments to City Council members from Reykjavík City, in addition to which, City Council members receive a fixed monthly remuneration for board membership at Félagsbústöðum hf., Strætó Public Transport bs., Fire Department for the Capital Area bs., Faxaflóahöfn Port sf., Malbikunarstöðin Höfða hf., SORPU bs., Reykjavík Energy, Brú Pension Fund, and the Association of Icelandic Municipalities. Alternates on the boards in question are paid for each session. The Public Security Committee only pays for completed sessions. The Board of the Association of Municipalities in the Capital Area is not paid for sitting on the Board, but alternate members of the Board are paid for the meetings in which they sit. Payments are also made for sitting meetings at the District Planning Committee and other committees of the Association of Municipalities in the Capital Area. As a result, these figures all vary from month to month.

The information in the table was last updated on January 16, 2024, and will next be updated in July 2024.

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