The BBC has released details of Vernon Kay 's salary for his new Radio 2 show - compared to his predecessor Ken Bruce. It shows that Vernon is on £320,000 compared to Ken's £390,000 - coming in at £60,000 a year less. The 48-year-old TV presenter replaced the broadcasting veteran, who stepped down from Radio 2 after 31 years.
It comes as Vernon's show has 6.9 million listeners, according to audience figures - 1.3 million fewer than Ken pulled in before he left the mid-morning slot.
Vernon's details are included in a list of salaries of its top stars for the last financial year - with Gary Lineker topping the list for the seventh year in a row. Match Of The Day host Lineker, 63, is the only star to earn over a million pounds. He took home £1.
35million, while Radio 2 breakfast DJ Zoe Ball was second on the rich list with a salary of £950,000 making her the highest-paid radio star. Famous faces no longer at the BBC also appear as the salaries cover the financial year from April 2023 until April 2024. It means Steve Wright , who died in February, is on the list as is Huw Edwards who left the BBC in April after a period off air since July last year.
He is thought to have been off work on full pay meaning he would have earned £475,000 in his last year at the corporation. A number of other big BBC stars are not on the list including the likes of Michael McIntyre, Paddy McGuinness and Claudia Winkleman. This is because salaries of stars paid via production companies are not published, including those who receive payments through BBC Studios.
On BBC Breakfast, the hosts earn different amounts, although this will at least be partly due to their other roles on the BBC. Naga Munchetty tops the list of those hosts with a salary of £345,000 which includes her gig on Radio 5. Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt earn roughly the same at £190,000-200,000 whilst Jon Kay gets £225,000 as he also works on Radio 4 and had a successful BBC podcast too.
The BBC has disclosed the salaries of talent and executives earning above a certain amount (currently £178,000) since 2017, when it was compelled by parliament to start including the salaries in its annual report. Top BBC Salaries in full Gary Lineker - £1,350,000-£1,354,999 Zoe Ball - £950,000 - £954,999 Christian Fraser - £195,000 - £199,000 Lucy Hockings - £190,000 - £194,000 Ben Brown - £185,000 - £189,999 Maryam Moshiri - £185,000 - £189,999 Ros Atkins - £290,000 - £294,999 Faisal Islam - £260,000 - £264,999 Chris Mason £260,000 - £264,999 Simon Jack - £240,000-£244,999 Jeremy Bowen - £240,000 - £244,999 Katya Adler - £230,000 - £234,999 Fergal Keane -£225,000-£229,999 Sarah Smith - £225,000-£229,999 Lyse Doucet - £205,000-£209,999 Mark Easton - £205,000-£209,999 Orla Guerin - £195,000-£199,999 Jonny Dymond - £195,000-£199,999 John Simpson - £190,000-£194,999 Greg James - £415,000-£419,999 Vernon Kay - £320,000 - 324,999 Scott Mills - £315,000-£319,999 Sara Cox - £315,000 - £319,999 Jeremy Vine - £285,000 - £289,999 Jo Whiley - £245,000 - £249,999 Trevor Nelson - £235,000 - £239,999 Steve Wright - £205,000- £209,999 Gary Davies - £200,000 - £204,999 Owain Wyn Evans - £200,000 - £204,999 Nicky Campbell - £295,000-£299,999 Rachel Burden - £220,000-£224,999 Rick Edwards - £215,000-£219,999 Lauren Laverne - £395,000-£399,999 Craig Charles - £185,000-£189,999 Alan Shearer - £380,000-£384,999 Alex Scott - £220,000-£224,999 Jonathan Agnew - £190,000-£194,999 John McEnroe - £195,000-£199,999 Mark Chapman - £260,000-£264,999 Chris Sutton - £190,000 - £194,000 Stephen Nolan - £405,000-£409,999 Naga Munchetty - £345,000-£349,999 Tina Daheley - £270,000-£274,999 Jason Mohammad - £245,000-£249,999 Louis Theroux - £245,000-£249,999 Nick Robinson - £345,000 - £349,999 Mishal Husain - £340,000 - £344,999 Justin Webb - £320,000 - £324,999 Amol Rajan - £310,000 - £314,999 Martha Kearney £225,000 - £229,999 Sarah Montague - £245,000 - £249,999 Evan Davis - £290,000 - £294,999 Huw Edwards - £475,000 - £479,999 Sophie Raworth - £325,000-£329,999 Clive Myrie - £310,000 - £314,999 Reeta Chakrabarti - £270,000 - £274,999 Jane Hill - £178,000 - £184,999 Fiona Bruce - £405,00 - £409,999 Victoria Derbyshire - £295,000-£299,999 Kirsty Wark - £250,000-£254,999 Jon Kay - £225,000-£229,999 Sally Nugent - £195,000 - £199,999 Charlie Stayt - £190,000-£194,999 Laura Kuenssberg - £325,000-£329,999 Stephen Sackur - £200,000-£204,999 Ben Thompson - £225,000 - £229,000 Matthew Amroliwala - £195,000-£199,999 Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads.
