Angus Council has increased the proportion of women working in its most highly-paid posts, a report has revealed.
But it still has work to do to raise the numbers in line with the Scottish average.
In 2013/14 women did 31.8% of the senior management jobs with the biggest salaries, up from 28.2% the year before. This was 0.8% higher than the target the council had set itself, but it still fell short of the national average of 41.7%.
On a wider measure, looking at employees whose pay put them among those in the top 5% of the pay bracket, women held 44.1% of those posts. That was well ahead of the 41% target, but still behind the 47.7% recorded across the country.
The figures do not include teachers.
A report said: “As the council’s workforce is approximately 75% female and 25% male, females are still underrepresented at the most senior level.
“The council attempts to develop all its employees, to prepare them for taking on higher roles and to encourage them to seek these. It also attempts to encourage external applications from all parts of the labour market.
“The recent restructuring of the council has had a beneficial impact and given that this exercise has still to be concluded, there are already indications that performance during 2014/15 will again improve.”