Huw Edwards overtakes Radio 5 Live's Stephen Nolan to jump to fourth on list of BBC's highest earners as broadcaster receives £25k pay boost to take salary up to £439,000-a-year
- Gary Lineker remains its top-paid star with a salary of £1,350,000 a year
Huw Edwards has jumped to fourth on the list of BBC's highest paid stars, according to the corporation's annual report.
The News at Ten presenter, who won praise for his role in anchoring the coverage of the Queen's death and funeral last September, was given a £25,000 pay rise last year.
In doing so his total salary was bumped up to £439,000-a-year, causing him to overtake Radio 5 Live's Stephen Nolan, who took a £15,000 pay cut to £400,000 on the Beeb's list of top earners.
The salary list revealed Gary Lineker remains the corporation's highest paid star, taking home £1.35million-a-year for his role presenting Match of the Day, coverage of the World Cup and Sports Personality Of The Year.
He was the only person to earn more than £1million last year - he was followed by Radio 2 Breakfast Show host Zoe Ball, who earned £980,000, and his MotD co-star Alan Shearer who earned £445,000.
![BBC News at Ten presenter Huw Edwards jumped to fourth on the corporations highest earners list. Pictured: Mr Edwards with the Live Event award for his role in the coverage of the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/11/18/73095747-12287911-image-a-1_1689096225354.jpg)
BBC News at Ten presenter Huw Edwards jumped to fourth on the corporations highest earners list. Pictured: Mr Edwards with the Live Event award for his role in the coverage of the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
![Mr Edwards received a pay rise of £25,000, causing him to jump above Radio 5 Live's Stephen Nolan on the top earners list. Mr Nolan (pictured) took a £10,000 pay cut last year](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/11/18/73095843-12287911-image-a-2_1689096227942.jpg)
Mr Edwards received a pay rise of £25,000, causing him to jump above Radio 5 Live's Stephen Nolan on the top earners list. Mr Nolan (pictured) took a £10,000 pay cut last year
The report, which covers the BBC's finances for 2022-23, revealed that Lineker was the highest paid on-air talent for the sixth consecutive year.
He first topped the list for 2017/18 with a pay bracket of £1,750,000 and in 2020 it was announced he had taken a voluntary pay cut.
Zoe Ball continues to be the broadcaster's second highest paid talent, and the highest paid woman with a salary of £980,000 for her Radio 2 breakfast show and a Radio 2 tribute to Terry Wogan.
Lineker's Match Of The Day colleague Alan Shearer is in third place with a salary of £445,000 dropping from £450,000 last year.
Huw Edwards is the corporation's highest paid newsreader, earning £435,000, up from £410,000 last year, putting him fourth on the list.
Among the other women on the list is Question Time's Fiona Bruce, with a pay of £395,000, down £15,000 from last year. However, this does not take into account her salary from presenting Antiques Roadshow, as it is not paid for from the licence fee.
Desert Island Discs presenter Lauren Laverne earned £390,000, up £10,000, and News at Six and News at Ten presenter Sophie Raworth took home £365,000, up £60,000.
Radio star Stephen Nolan is the fifth highest paid person on the list, earning £400,000.
Ken Bruce, who left the BBC earlier this year after 31 years at the helm of the Radio 2 mid-morning weekday slot, was up £5,000, to £390,000.
He is new to the top 10 this year along with Laverne and Raworth as Steve Wright, Vanessa Feltz and Scott Mills were pushed out of the list after leaving their respective BBC shows.
Wright is now just outside of the top 10, earning £360,000, after stepping down from his daytime Radio 2 show last July as part of the station's schedules shakeup.
Last year, Feltz was revealed to have a salary of £400,000. She announced in July last year that she was leaving her shows on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio London.
Mills does not feature in the top 10 highest earners but is listed as having a salary of £300,000.
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![Gary Lineker remains the corporation's highest paid star, with a salary of £1.35million. Pictured: Mr Lineker at Wimbledon on Saturday July 8](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/11/18/73095813-12287911-image-a-3_1689096352879.jpg)
Gary Lineker remains the corporation's highest paid star, with a salary of £1.35million. Pictured: Mr Lineker at Wimbledon on Saturday July 8
![Zoe Ball was the highest paid woman on the list, and second overall, with taking home £980,000 last year. Pictured: Ms Ball at the Audio and Radio Industry Awards in London last year](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/11/18/73095817-12287911-image-a-4_1689096363680.jpg)
Zoe Ball was the highest paid woman on the list, and second overall, with taking home £980,000 last year. Pictured: Ms Ball at the Audio and Radio Industry Awards in London last year
![Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer was the third highest paid on-air talent at the corporation, receiving £445,000 last year. Pictured: Mr Shearer presenting ahead of the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley last year](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/11/18/73095821-12287911-image-a-5_1689096366375.jpg)
Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer was the third highest paid on-air talent at the corporation, receiving £445,000 last year. Pictured: Mr Shearer presenting ahead of the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley last year
He left his BBC Radio 1 show after 24 years last August, but continues to present his afternoon slot on BBC Radio 2 which he began last November.
His salary bracket includes work on the Scott Mills And Chris Stark Show on BBC Radio 5 Live, and covering both Radio 1's Big Weekend and the Radio 2 Jubilee Weekend.
Ros Atkins, whose explainer videos on social media have become supremely popular, was the highest new entry on the list. After being promoted to Analysis Editor his salary was brought to £260,000, at least £110,000 more than last year when the cut off for the list was £150,000.
This year the cut off for the list of highest earners was £178,000, with the BBC saying the change had been made as otherwise the salary list would be too long.
The salaries of the top 10 highest on-air earners are notably lower on average than last year. While the majority of the high earners made more than £400,000 in 2021/22, this year a significant number earn less than £400,000.
Tim Davie, director-general of the BBC, said: 'I am proud of the content we have delivered - the very best of the BBC - from royal programming to wonderful sporting moments and coverage of the Ukraine war. We have seen this again recently, with Eurovision, the Coronation and Glastonbury.
'It remains a period of change, financial pressures and great competition in the media market. Our task is not always easy and we have to make some difficult choices.
'But these are challenges we must embrace as we know that the BBC is needed now more than ever, in an age of polarisation and increasing disinformation.'
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