In Chile, the salary of a mayor It is directly related to the population of the commune it governs. The Constitutional Organic Law of Municipalities establishes that communes are divided into different categories according to their size, which in turn determines the salary range of mayors. These variations allow remuneration to be adjusted according to the responsibility and complexity involved in managing a more or less populated commune.
The mayors In the largest communes in the country, where hundreds of thousands of people live, they can receive salaries close to 8 million pesos per month. This is the case, for example, of the mayor of Concepción, Álvaro Ortiz, who in August received a gross salary of more than 8 million pesos.
Similar is the situation of Evelyn Matthei, mayor of Providencia, who also registered a salary in that same range. On the other hand, in smaller communes, mayors’ salaries tend to be considerably lower, reaching figures close to 3 million.
To know exactly the salary of a mayor, you can access the Transparency Portal. Through this platform, any citizen can consult the remuneration of municipal authorities. You simply have to select the commune of interest and review the “Personnel and Remuneration” section, which allows you to see the salaries of the different authorities, including mayors and councilors.
The work of a mayor In Chile it not only implies a salary, but also a series of responsibilities. Being the highest executive authority of the commune, mayors must administer and manage municipal resources. Supervision of the budget and attention to areas such as education, health and security are tasks that fall directly on them.
