What we pay them

Six million people work for the state in Britain, in hundreds of professions. Now their incomes face a freeze as politicians of all Named individuals are given total remuneration figures, including benefits-in-kind for 2009,
or latest available. All other salaries are 2009 full-time median figures, unless otherwise stated
parties threaten to cut billions from the public sector pay bill. Find out how they compare, from the top to the bottom
MONARCHY MEDIA BANKING POST TRANSPORT SPORT CIVIL SERVICE HEALTH POLICE LAW EDUCATION ARMED FORCES POLITICS ARTS CULTURE LOCAL SOCIAL PRISONS EMERGENCY CIVIL SERVICE
GOVERNMENT SERVICES SERVICES

£7,900,000

MONARCHY
THE QUEEN
£7,900,000
THE ANNUAL CIVIL LIST SETTLEMENT, WHICH COVERS HER STATE DUTY EXPENSES AS WELL
AS THOSE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND SOME OF THOSE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES

£6,000,000+

MEDIA
JONATHAN ROSS
£6,000,000
PRESENTER, BBC
HAS A THREE-YEAR, £18M DEAL

£1,000,000+

BANKING MEDIA BANKING

STEPHEN HESTER KEVIN LYGO GARY HOFFMAN
£1,200,000 £1,136,000 (2008) £1,100,000
GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE, RBS DIRECTOR OF TELEVISION GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE
BONUSES COULD TAKE TOTAL TO OVER £9M CHANNEL 4 NORTHERN ROCK

£500,000+

POST TRANSPORT TRANSPORT MEDIA MEDIA MEDIA BANKING SPORT

ADAM CROZIER IAIN COUCHER PETER HENDERSON MARK THOMPSON ANDY DUNCAN CHRIS MOYLES HECTOR SANTS DAVID HIGGINS
£995,000 £947,000 £903,000 £834,000 £683,000 (2008) £630,000 £623,170 £537,000
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, ROYAL MAIL CHIEF EXECUTIVE GROUP INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR GENERAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE PRESENTER CHIEF EXECUTIVE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
2009 REMUNERATION - HE WAS PAID £3.04M IN 2008 NETWORK RAIL NETWORK RAIL BBC CHANNEL 4 BBC FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY OLYMPIC DELIVERY AUTHORITY

£200,000+
MEDIA BANKING HEALTH CIVIL SERVICE POLICE EDUCATION LAW EDUCATION EDUCATION LAW
JOHN SMITH MERVYN KING DAVID NICHOLSON SIR GUS O'DONNELL SIR PAUL STEPHENSON CHRISTINE GILBERT LORD IGOR JUDGE ANDREW HALL GEOFFREY RUSSELL BARONESS HALE OF RICHMOND
£480,000 £296,818 £276,900 £267,800 £253,620 £242,222 £239,845 £226,300 £208,000 £206,857
CHIEF EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE CABINET SECRETARY AND COMMISSIONER CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS LORD CHIEF JUSTICE CHIEF EXECUTIVE CHIEF EXECUTIVE SUPREME COURT JUDGE
BBC WORLDWIDE BANK OF ENGLAND NHS HEAD OF THE CIVIL SERVICE METROPOLITAN POLICE QUALIFICATIONS & CURRICULUM AUTHORITY LEARNING & SKILLS COUNCIL

£100,000+
ARMED FORCES EDUCATION POLITICS ARTS ARTS EDUCATION CULTURE HEALTH CULTURE POLITICS LOCAL GOV POLITICS LAW POLITICS HEALTH SOCIAL SERVS LAW EDUCATION HEALTH POLITICS
GEN SIR DAVID UNIVERSITY VICE GORDON BROWN ALAN DAVEY SIR NICK SEROTA KEITH BARTLEY NEIL MACGREGOR HUMAN FERTILIS- MARK JONES ALEX SALMOND CHIEF EXECUTIVE ALAN JOHNSON OLD BAILEY DAVID CAMERON CONSULTANT IN NHS MAGGIE ATKINSON BARONESS SCOTLAND SENIOR HEAD AT GP - PARTNER (7) TREVOR PHILLIPS
RICHARDS CHANCELLOR £192,414 £175,000 £172,919 £171,000 £165,000 ATION & EMBRYOLOGY £152,894 £144,990 (2) WOLVERHAMPTON £140,176 CIRCUIT JUDGE £134,136 HOSPITAL (4) £112,569 £111,262 INNER LONDON £106,000 £102,638
£197,900 £194,000 PRIME MINISTER (1) CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHIEF EXEC, GENERAL DIRECTOR AUTHORITY, CEO DIRECTOR SCOTTISH FIRST COUNCIL HOME SECRETARY (1) £138,548 LEADER OF THE £113,100 HEAD OF SOCIAL ATTORNEY GENERAL SCHOOL EQUALITY
CHIEF GENERAL STAFF ARTS COUNCIL TATE GALLERY TEACHING COUNCIL BRITISH MUSEUM £160,000 (3) V&A MUSEUM MINISTER £140,958 (3) OPPOSITION (1) SERVICES, GATESHEAD £109,658 (5) COMMISSIONER (6)

£40,000+
PRISONS CIVIL SERVICE POLITICS TRANSPORT HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH
PRISON GOVERNOR SENIOR CIVIL SERVANT MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER GP - SALARIED (7) UNIVERSITY LECTURER HOSPITAL MANAGER
£79,000 £68,283 £64,766 £60,548 £55,790 £43,757 £41,746

£30,000+
POLICE EDUCATION HEALTH HEALTH EDUCATION EDUCATION CULTURE LOCAL GOV HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EDUCATION LAW SOCIAL SERVS EMERGENCY SERVS LOCAL GOV
POLICE OFFICERS SCHOOL INSPECTOR RADIOGRAPHER PARAMEDIC SECONDARY TEACHER SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER BBC SYMPHONY TOWN PLANNER MIDWIFE PRIMARY AND NURSERY HOUSE OFFICER FURTHER EDUCATION PROBATION OFFICER SOCIAL WORKER FIRE SERVICE OFFICER ENVIRONMENTAL
(SERGEANT AND BELOW) £37,326 £37,105 £36,780 £36,243 £36,107 ORCHESTRA £34,278 £33,875 TEACHER NHS HOSPITAL LECTURER £30,603 £30,422 £30,374 HEALTH OFFICER
£38,744 JUNIOR VIOLINIST £33,743 £32,800 £32,603 £30,169
£35,000

£20,000+
HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR PRISONS UTILITIES ALL JOBS LAW PRIVATE SECTOR POLICE CIVIL SERVICE SOCIAL SERVS SOCIAL SERVS POST CULTURE HEALTH LOCAL GOV LOCAL GOV SOCIAL SERVS ARMED FORCES
NURSE MEDIAN SALARY PRISON OFFICER SEWAGE PLANT MEDIAN SALARY JUNIOR LEGAL AID MEDIAN SALARY NEWLY TRAINED PC, CIVIL SERVICE YOUTH WORKER HOUSING OFFICER POSTAL WORKER CURATOR, AMBULANCE STAFF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRAFFIC WARDEN JOB CENTRE ADVISER ARMY PRIVATE IN
£29,431 £27,686 £26,735 OPERATIVE £25,816 SOLICITOR £24,970 METROPOLITAN EXECUTIVE OFFICER £23,473 £23,396 £22,978 BRITISH MUSEUM £22,079 CLERICAL OFFICER £20,827 £20,240 AFGHANISTAN
£25,995 £25,000 POLICE (8) £24,833 £22,457 £21,050 £20,061 (9)
£24,786

£10,000+
SOCIAL SERVS MEDIA LOCAL GOV HEALTH HEALTH LOCAL GOV EDUCATION SOCIAL SERVS EDUCATION BANKING MONARCHY EDUCATION HEALTH EDUCATION EDUCATION
RESIDENTIAL WARDEN BBC TRAINEE STUDIO REFUSE COLLECTOR HOSPITAL PORTER NURSING AUXILIARY ROAD SWEEPER SCHOOL SECRETARY CARE ASSISTANT EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT NORTHERN ROCK ROYAL FOOTMAN SCHOOL MEALS NURSERY NURSE PLAYGROUP LEADER SCHOOL MIDDAY
£19,567 MANAGER (8) £18,400 £18,348 £17,699 £17,376 £17,277 £16,180 £15,116 BANK CLERK (10) £15,000 SUPERVISOR £13,872 £13,735 (7) ASSISTANT
£18,997 £15,000 £14,587 £11,226 (7)

(1) BOTH CABINET AND SHADOW CABINET TAKE 2007 SALARIES (2) A PART OF ALEX SALMOND’S SALARY IS DONATED TO CHARITY (3) JOB ADVERTISED, MAX PACKAGE (4) CONSULTANT WITH NEW CONTRACT, MEDIAN (5) TOP SALARY AVAILABLE (6) CALCULATED FROM 23.5 MONTHS’ PACKAGE OF £201,000 (7) AVERAGE, MEDIAN NOT AVAILABLE (8) INCLUDES LONDON WEIGHTING (9) INCLUDES COMBAT ALLOWANCE AND SEPARATION ALLOWANCE (10) COVERS ‘FRONTLINE’ STAFF. SOURCES: ONS, ASHE, ORGANISATION ANNUAL REPORTS, GRAPHIC: MARK MCCORMICK