Auckland mayor Phil Goff's electric car will become part of a new salary package after next year's election

The country's highest-paid mayor, Auckland's Phil Goff, has picked up a $5500 pay rise taking his salary to $279,562, but some local board members will get far bigger boosts.

The biggest Auckland winners in the latest determinations by the Remuneration Authority, are the deputy chairs of the local boards, with rises of up to $15,000.

They now have their own salary band set at 60 per cent of their chair's pay, with the deputy chair of the largest board Howick, getting a $15,000 rise to $59,086.

In the smallest local board, Great Barrier Island, the deputy chair will get $9,327 more on $33,074

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The Authority said the bigger adjustment for deputy chairs is "in recognition of the extra workload attached to those positions."

The deputy mayor Bill Cashmore picks up a $3,000 boost to $157,518, major committee chairs, get $2,500 more to $130,030, and councillors $2,100 more to $109,750.

Auckland councillors and local board members following the October 2019 elections, will have a bigger say in what they are paid.

The Remuneration Authority, which until now has set each layer of salary for the politicians, will bulk-fund Auckland Council and allow discretion as to how the pool is shared.

"Basically Auckland has hit the "ceiling" in our local government pay scale." said the Authority in a paper on next year's changed regime.

"There will be a pool for the Governing Body (the Council) and a separate one for each of the Local Boards, which will make its own decision regarding allocation of its pool."

Auckland's mayoral salary will be capped by the amount paid to a cabinet minister with one or more portfolios - currently $296,007.

"We have positioned the Mayor of Auckland as the highest-paid person in local government," said the Authority's paper.

Goff's current salary is supplemented by a car for his official and private use, but in future the value of the car will become part of the mayor's overall salary, available in cash or as a vehicle.