Cardiff Council's highest earners revealed

Cardiff Council has revealed figures showing 2,432 of its workers earn £30,000 or more. The figures obtained from a freedom of information request by Kenneth Thain comes after George Osborne announced a pay freeze on public sector workers earning £21,000 or more in the emergency budget yesterday. The top job is the chief executive – soon to be – who is paid £176,376 with the corporate manager holding the second post at £107,088 The figures also show 623 employees are teachers earning £35,929 with six headteachers in the city earning more than £70,000. Commenting on the information, Thain said: "Well then, looking at the result just goes to show exactly why our council taxes are so big." See the full data set here . What do you think? Are these salaries high for the jobs involved or simply the price for the job? Have your say b elow.