BBC Publishes 2025-2026 Salaries of Leading Presenters
The BBC has released its annual report detailing the salaries of some of its highest-earning stars.
The list predominantly features personalities from news, sport, and radio, with former Radio 2 breakfast host Scott Mills topping the chart. He earned nearly £750,000 in the year prior to his dismissal at the end of March.
Several prominent figures, including Claudia Winkleman, Graham Norton, and Michael McIntyre, are absent from the list because their programmes are produced by the BBC's commercial division, BBC Studios, or other independent production companies, which exempts them from disclosure.
Below is the comprehensive list of presenters who earned more than £178,000 during the 2025-26 financial year, as reported in the BBC's accounts.
The icons ▼, ▲, and ➤ indicate whether a presenter's salary has decreased, increased, or remained stable within the same bracket, respectively. A ★ denotes a new or returning presenter on the list.
- ▲Scott Mills - £745,000 - £749,999
Radio 2 breakfast show, Pop Top 10 podcast, and other appearances - ▲Greg James - £440,000 - £444,999
Radio 1 breakfast show, Radio 4 Rewinders, and other appearances - ▲Stephen Nolan - £425,000 - £429,999
The Nolan Show on Radio Ulster, Nolan Live on BBC One (Northern Ireland), The Stephen Nolan Show on 5 Live - ▲Laura Kuenssberg - £405,000 - £409,999
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Newscast podcast, newsletter, website column, and elections - ▲Vernon Kay - £405,000 - £409,999
Radio 2 mid-morning show, Alternative Dance Sounds of the 90s, and other appearances - ▼Alan Shearer - £390,000 - £394,999
Match of the Day: Premier League, FA Cup - ▲Justin Webb - £375,000 - £379,999
Radio 4's Today programme, Americast podcast - ▲Naga Munchetty - £360,000 - £364,999
BBC Breakfast, Radio 5 Live's Naga Munchetty show - ▼Fiona Bruce - £345,000 - £349,999
Question Time and presenting on BBC One
2022/2023: £395,000 - £399,999 - ▼Sophie Raworth - £340,000 - £344,999
- ★Nick Grimshaw - £335,000 - £339,999
6 Music Breakfast shows and Sidetracked podcast - ▲Mark Chapman - £335,000 - £339,999
Radio 5 Live Sport, Match of the Day: Premier League, FA Cup and UCL, Challenge Cup - ▲Trevor Nelson - £330,000 - £334,999
Radio 2's afternoon show and Radio 1Xtra - ▼Nick Robinson - £330,000 - £334,999
Radio 4's Today programme, Political Thinking and Today podcasts - ▲Reeta Chakrabarti - £325,000 - £329,999
2022/2023: £215,000 - £219,999 - ▼Gary Lineker - £325,000 - £329,999
2024/2025: £1,350,000 - £1,354,999
2023/2024: £1,350,000 - £1,354,999
2022/2023: £1,350,000 - £1,354,999 - ▲Sara Cox - £320,000 - £324,999
Radio 2 early evening show and other appearances - ▼Clive Myrie - £320,000 - £324,999
- ▲Amol Rajan - £320,000 - £324,999
Radio 4's Today programme, Amol Rajan Interviews, Today and Radical podcasts - ★Anna Foster - £315,000 - £319,999
Radio 4's Today programme, BBC One news and Channel - ▲Emma Barnett - £305,000 - £309,999
Radio 4's Today programme, multiplatform interviews, documentaries and newsletter - ▲Evan Davis - £305,000 - £309,999
Radio 4's PM and Radio 4's The Bottom Line - ▲Ros Atkins - £300,000 - £304,999
Analysis Editor, The Media Show - ▲Tina Daheley - £300,000 - £304,999
Radio 2 Breakfast Show, cover for Jeremy Vine, BBC One News Bulletins, BBC Breakfast - ▼Nicky Campbell - £295,000 - £299,999
Radio 5 Live Nicky Campbell Show, Don't Say a Word podcast - ★Gabby Logan - £290,000 - £294,999
Match of the Day: Premier League and UCL, athletics, rugby union, European Women's Championship 2025, Women's Rugby World Cup 2025, Sports Personality of the Year - ▲Jason Mohammad - £290,000 - £294,999
BBC Radio Wales, Radio 2's Good Morning Sunday, Final Score, Match of the Day - ▲Chris Mason - £275,000 - £279,999
- ▼Victoria Derbyshire - £270,000 - £274,999
- ▲Jeremy Bowen - £270,000 - £274,999
- ▲Simon Jack - £270,000 - £274,999
Business Editor, Radio 4 Today cover - ▼Jeremy Vine - £265,000 - £269,999
- ▲Sarah Montague - £255,000 - £259,999
- ▲Jo Whiley - £250,000 - £254,999
Radio 2 evening show and other appearances - ▲Katya Adler - £245,000 - £249,999
- ▲Sarah Smith - £245,000 - £249,999
- ▲Fergal Keane - £240,000 - £244,999
- ➤Faisal Islam - £235,000 - £239,999
Economics editor, Newsnight cover - ★Lauren Laverne - £235,000 - £239,999
6 Music mid-morning show and other appearances - ▲Lyse Doucet - £230,000 - £234,999
Chief International Correspondent - ▼Rick Edwards – £230,000 - £234,999
5 Live Breakfast, Fighting Talk, 5 Live football and cricket coverage - ★Matt Chorley - £230,000 - £234,999
5 Live Matt Chorley show, Newsnight, podcasts - ★DJ Spoony - £225,000 - £229,999
Radio 2 show and other appearances - ▲Orla Guerin - £220,000 - £224,999
Senior international correspondent - ▼Rachel Burden - £215,000 - £219,999
5 Live Breakfast, BBC Breakfast, Cafe Hope podcast - ★Kelly Cates - £215,000 - £219,999
5 Live Sport, Match of the Day: Premier League, FA Cup and UCL - ▼Katie Razzall - £215,000 - £219,999
Media and culture editor, The Media Show plus Newsnight cover - ▲Matthew Amroliwala - £210,000 - £214,999
- ▲Ben Brown - £210,000 - £214,999
at One and News Channel - ▲Jonny Dymond - £210,000 - £214,999
Royal Correspondent, Radio 4's The World This Weekend, The World at One and Today, and World Service's World Questions - ★Paddy O'Connell - £210,000 - £214,999
Broadcasting House, Newsnight, Newscast, PM - ▲Lucy Hockings - £205,000 - £209,999
- ▲Catriona Perry - £205,000 - £209,999
Channel, The President's Path and The Global Story podcasts - ▲John Simpson - £205,000 - £209,999
World Affairs editor, Unspun World with John Simpson - ▲Sumi Somaskanda - £205,000 - £209,999
- ▲Owain Wyn Evans - £205,000 - £209,999
Radio 2 early breakfast show and other appearances - ▲Maryam Moshiri - £200,000 - £204,999
- ➤Sally Nugent - £200,000 - £204,999
Additional presenters earning over £178,000 include:
- Sally Bundock - Channel
- Christian Fraser - Channel
- Jane Hill - News at Six, News at Ten, and Radio 4's The World Tonight and Newshour
- Annita McVeigh - Channel
- Alex Scott - Football Focus, Women's Super League, FA Cup, European Women's Championship 2025, Sports Personality of the Year
- Craig Charles - 6 Music daytime show and Funk and Soul show
- Steve Rosenberg - Russia editor
- Adrian Chiles - 5 Live Adrian Chiles show and Radio 4's Saturday Live
- Michael Vaughan - TV and radio cricket, Ashes podcast
Previous BBC Salaries Lists
- BBC pay 2024-2025: The full list of star salaries
- BBC pay 2023-2024: The full list of star salaries
- BBC pay: The 2022-2023 star salaries list in full
