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11th September 2015
Dear Sir/Madam
Freedom of Information Request - RFI20151330 Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) received on 3rd August,
seeking the following information:
Please state the average and median salary figures for Broadcast/Monitoring Journalists and Senior Broadcast
/Monitoring Journalists following the August 2015 pay rise for
- BBC News Division (all staff);
- BBC Network News;
- BBC English Regions;
- World Service;
- BBC Monitoring.
The table below shows the average and median salary figures for the positions you have requested, in each
of the News areas following the August 2015 pay review. These figures are taken from the HR records and
are based on Full Time equivalent basic salary, which excludes London Weighting.
BBC News Group
Job
Average Salary
Median Salary
Broadcast Journalist
£32,653
£34,204
Monitoring Journalist
£26,460
£25,415
Senior Broadcast Journalist
£44,228
£43,285
Senior Monitoring Journalist
£38,456
£38,089
BBC Net
work News
Job
Average Salary
Median Salary
Broadcast Journalist
£35,413
£36,083
Senior Broadcast Journalist
£45,887
£43,806
BBC English Regions
Job
Average Salary
Median Salary
Broadcast Journalist
£31,207
£31,364
Senior Broadcast Journalist
£42,518
£39,603
BBC World Service
Job
Average Salary
Median Salary
Broadcast Journalist
£32,568
£32,332
Senior Broadcast Journalist
£39,184
£37,935
BBC Mo
nitoring
Job
Average Salary
Median Salary
Monitoring Journalist
£26,525
£25,415
Senior Monitoring Journalist
£38,456
£38,089
Please note that, as set out in section 6(1)(b)(ii) of the FOI Act, our subsidiaries (including BBC Studios &
Post Production Ltd, UKTV, BBC Global News Ltd and BBC Worldwide Ltd), as well as the charities BBC
Media Action and BBC Children in Need, are not subject to the Act, therefore statistics for their personnel
are not included in any of the figures quoted above.
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James Hacker
BBC People
