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 1,140,774       285,194 82,386
Alexandra Briem 1,140,774 285,194   68,446   82,386
Andrea Helgadóttir 1,140,774     68,446   82,386
Árelía Eydís Guðmundsdóttir 1,140,774     68,446 285,194 82,386
Björn Gíslason 1,140,774       285,194 82,386
Dóra Björt Guðjónsdóttir 1,140,774 285,194   285,194   82,386
Einar Þorsteinsson 1,140,774     285,194   82,386
Friðjón R. Friðjónsson 1,140,774       285,194 82,386
Guðný Maja Riba 1,140,774       285,194 82,386
Helga Þórðardóttir 1,140,774 285,194   285,194   82,386
Hildur Björnsdóttir 1,140,774   285,194 285,194   82,386
Hjálmar Sveinsson 1,140,774         82,386
Kjartan Magnússon 1,140,774     68,446   82,386
Kristinn Jón Ólafsson 1,140,774       285,194 82,386
Líf Magneudóttir 1,140,774   285,194 456,310   82,386
Magnea Gná Jóhannsdóttir 1,140,774       285,194 82,386
Marta Guðjónsdóttir 1,140,774     68,446   82,386
Ragnhildur Alda María Vilhjálmsdóttir 1,140,774     285,194   82,386
Sabine Leskopf 1,140,774 285,194   68,446   82,386
Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir 1,140,774 285,194 285,194 285,194   82,386
Skúli Helgason 1,140,774 285,194   285,194   82,386
Þórdís Lóa Þórhallsdóttir 1,140,774   285,194 285,194   82,386
             
First deputy city councilors Base salary Presidential premium President and council chairs City Executive Council Three committees Expenses
Ásta Þórdís Skjalddal 798,542   285,194     82,386
Einar S. Guðmundsson 798,542       285,194 82,386
Helgi Áss Grétarsson 798,542         82,386
Jóhanna Dýrunn Jónsdóttir 798,542         82,386
Oktavía Hrund Guðrúnar Jóns 798,542   285,194     82,386
Sara Björg Sigurðardóttir 798,542       285,194 82,386
Stefán Pálsson 798,542   285,194 68,446   82,386
Þorvaldur Daníelsson 798,542         82,386
Remuneration outcomes for city councilors and first deputy city councilors as of July 1, 2025.

The mayor receives a salary from the City of Reykjavík according to an employment contract in theamount of 2,628,812 kronur per month as of Feb. 21, 2025, which changes in accordance with the wage index as per Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the resolution on compensation and working conditions for elected officials in the City of Reykjavík. In addition to salary, the mayor receives a fixed expense allowance of 155,453 krónur per month as of Feb. 21, 2025.

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 July 1, 2025:

  • Base salary of city councilors in ISK 1,140,774
  • Base salary of deputy city councilors: kr. 798,542
  • City councilors will be paid expenses in the amount of kr. 82,386, to meet all personal expenses incurred for the job.
  • City councilors are entitled to a 25% salary premium for serving as chair in a specialized 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). 1,291,606.
  • City councilor salary and expenses with a 25% premium (for example, for sitting on three councils) kr. 1,508,354.
  • City councilor salary and expenses with a 2x25% premium (for example, for a sitting on City Executive Council and three other councils) kr. 1,793,548.
  • 1st deputy city councilor salary and expenses with a 6% premium (City Executive Council alternate) kr. 949,374.
  • 1st deputy city councilor salary and expenses with a 25% premium (e.g. for sitting on three councils) kr. 1,166,122.

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 July 17, 2025, and will next be updated in Januar 2026.

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