Leeds City Council employees earn more than those who work for any other local authority in Yorkshire.
The median wage at the council for 2017/18 was £24,332 - almost £6,000 more than what working at neighbouring Kirklees Council earn.
In fact, the median salary at Leeds City Council is almost £2,500 higher than at Selby District Council, which is the next-highest paying local authority in Yorkshire. Employees here earn a median salary of £21,836.
However, the figures - collated by Rangewell from Office for National Statistics data - show that while the gender pay gap in Leeds is one of the smallest across the region, there is a still a huge disparity between the earnings of men and women.
The median salary for a female employee at the council is £20,175, but male employees earn £28,835.
This means that there is a huge gender pay gap of £8,660 between male and female employees at Leeds City Council.
Despite that Harrogate Borough Council, Calderdale Council and Sheffield City Council are the only local authorities in Yorkshire to have a smaller gender pay gap than Leeds.
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