Palmerston North's Mayor and city councillors are set to get pay rises.

Palmerston North mayor Grant Smith's annual salary is going up by just under 2 per cent to $135,711.

The city council on Monday recommended an update of elected members' pay based on guidance from the Remuneration Authority.

Under the new regime, the base rate for councillors will go up from $42,700 to $43,554 a year from July.

The council also had a sum of $87,108 available to spend on supplements for councillors with extra responsibilities.

That equation will top up deputy mayor Duncan McCann's pay by $13,066 to a new total of $56,620, up from a total of $55,210 this year.

Councillors who chair the community development, planning and policy and finance and performance committees, which meet monthly, will get an additional $6533, taking them to $50,087, up from $49,105 this year.

Chairing the sport and recreation, audit and risk and hearings committees, which meet less often, will attract an extra $3267 a year, or a new total of $46,821, up from $45,900 this year.

There were no bonuses for councillors acting as deputy chairmen or chairwomen.

The calculations have left a total sum of $44,642 available to pay councillors sitting on hearings panels on the sectional reviews of the District Plan.

Appointed members to council committees and sub-committees who are not councillors will receive a daily meeting allowance of $85.

The recommendations need to go to the Remuneration Authority for a final decision.

The payments for councillors with extra responsibilities will end on local body election day, October 8, and resume when new appointments are made.

The Remuneration Authority is expected to carry out a comprehensive review of councillors' pay that will affect payments from July, 2017.