Durham County Council has the most staff paid out six figures sums in the North East
It follows research by the Tax Payers Alliance.
More staff at Durham County Council received over £100,000 than anywhere else in the North East.
In spite of austerity measures 20 staff at the Council received over six figures, four of which raked in £150,000.
The findings come from the Town Hall Rich List 2017, compiled by the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) to give a rundown of council workers in Great Britain that have a total remuneration over £100,000.
Remuneration takes into account the yearly wage, expenses, bonuses, pension contributions and redundancy payments, this year's findings cover 2015-16.
Durham County Council followed the national trend with an increase in staff raking in over £100,000, the number in the authority's workforce to do so grew by two since 2016.
John O'Connell, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers Alliance, said:
"The average council tax bill has gone up by more than £900 over the last twenty years and spending has gone through the roof. Disappointingly, many local authorities are now responding to financial reality through further tax rises and reducing services rather than scaling back top pay.
Despite many in the public sector facing a much-needed pay freeze to help bring the public finances under control, many town hall bosses are continuing to pocket huge remuneration packages, with the number of people on six-figure deals actually going up since last year.
"There are talented people in the public sector who are trying to deliver more for less, but the sheer scale of these packages raise serious questions about efficiency and priorities."
Paul Darby, head of financial and HR services at DCC, said:
"Our management team was created when the council, the sixth largest single tier authority in England and the largest in the North East, was formed to replace the eight former councils across County Durham. This move saved £3million in senior management costs at the time.
The salaries of senior managers and that of the Chief Executive were individually assessed in 2008, prior to the creation of the new council, by specialist, independent consultants to ensure that the levels of pay were equal to the responsibilities involved and in line with comparable senior executive pay.
At the time, the chief executive's salary was set at £200,000, the corporate directors at £140,000 and the assistant chief executive at £120,000.
Since then senior executive pay has stayed at the same level, while the number of corporate directors has been reduced by nearly 17 per cent and the chief executive's salary reduced by £15,000 a year."
Read the full report here.