More than 2,000 Transport For London staff are paid over £100,000 a year - with 65 earning more than the Prime Minister

Published: 14:46, 2 July 2026 | Updated: 14:51, 2 July 2026 More than 2,000 Transport For London staff are paid over £100,000 a year - with 65 earning more than the Prime Minister. The number of TfL employees with a six-figure basic salary soared by 15 per cent in the last year, latest data shows. Some 617 earned this hefty sum before bonuses - up from 536 the previous year - including 217 London Underground workers. And when taking into account overtime pay and bonuses, this number skyrockets to 2,048 TfL staff. Sixty-five employees were paid more than £180,000 - earning more than the Prime Minister over that period. TfL commissioner Andy Lord topped the list, earning £635,533 including a £172,222 bonus - nine times the median average wage at the organisation. This was actually a smaller package than the previous year when he earned £640,000.  Helen Chapman, who was previously director of licensing and regulation, came in second with a wage of £430,098. TfL commissioner Andy Lord pictured, left, with Sir Sadiq Khan. Mr Lord earns £640,000 and more than 2,000 of his staff are paid over £100,000 a year The number of TfL employees with a six-figure basic salary soared by 15 per cent in the last year, latest data shows (Stock Photo) But £302,593 of this was down to 'compensation for loss of employment' after she departed her role due to technical problems causing delays in minicab driver licences being issued. The body - which is chaired by London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan - has 28,000 employees and is responsible for running the majority of the city's public transport. Tube drivers, meanwhile, are paid on average about £73,700 which is around £25,000 more than the capital's median salary. Some more senior staff earn even more than this. Senior station staff have salaries of around £45,000 with junior station staff earning around £36,000. Slightly more (2,217) earned more than £100,000 including bonuses in 2024/25 but this was due to large amounts of backdated pay. It comes after tube workers gained a 3.4 per cent pay rise last year as part of a three-year agreement. TfL employees are entitled to free travel on the transport network and this extends to one nominated partner or family member living at the same address. Tube strikes brought London to a standstill in June, causing huge queues outside bus stops and Lime bike stations. Further strikes by Tube drivers had been called off in May. Militant members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union had planned to stage a second series of walkouts against a proposal to introduce a four-day week with condensed hours for Tube drivers. Its hard-Left boss Eddie Dempsey claimed the plan could increase fatigue and compromise safety. An RMT spokesman called it a 'fake four-day week' that could result in 'reduced flexibility over shift patterns' and longer shifts. However, Transport for London (TfL) insisted the changes are voluntary and called the walkouts 'absolutely unnecessary'. Tube strikes brought London to a standstill in June, causing huge queues outside bus stops and Lime bike stations The proposal to reduce the working week from 36 hours to 35 was accepted by Aslef but rejected by the RMT's leadership. Aslef pointed out that the proposal would give drivers an extra 35 days off a year 'in return for some fairly minor changes to working conditions'. 'It will be the first strike in the history of the trade union movement designed to stop people having a shorter working week and more time off,' an Aslef spokesman told the BBC. The Daily Mail has approached TfL for comment.  The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.