BBC director general Mark Thompson has waived his bonus again, although his salary jumped by 59,000 pounds to a handsome 619,000 pounds, according to the BBC's annual report.
Mr Thompson surrendered his bonus last year because of the upheaval caused by a cost-cutting initiative that is aiming to cut or outsource up to 6,000 jobs to save the corporation £355m a year by 2008 and has done the same this year.
As job cuts are still biting at the BBC, it is thought he decided to forego the bonus this year for the same reason. However, other executives failed to follow Mr Thompson's lead and continued to collect their bonuses this year.
In total, executive pay rose to £3,725,000 from £2,936,000 last year.
The National Union of Journalists has accused the BBC of boosting senior executive pay packets by 30%, at a time when the corporation is cutting jobs and pension benefits and offering a below-inflation annual pay rise to most staff, declaring itself "outraged" by the levels of executive pay.
Meanwhile the BBC's annual report reveals licence fee income has topped £3bn for the first time with up £160m year on year to £3.101bn.
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