Guardian pay survey 2009: Top 10 female earners

1: Cynthia Carroll, the chief executive of Anglo American, was the highest-paid director with a total of £4m last year. She is the only woman in the elite club of 22 executives whose basic pay is £1m or more. Her total was boosted by bonuses and share awards. Photograph: PR

2: Linda Cook resigned as head of Shell’s gas business in April after earning £3.9m in 2008 and failing in the race to become chief executive Photograph: Adrian Dennis/Rex Features

3: Dame Marjorie Scardino, chief executive of publishing company Pearson, earned almost £3.8m Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian

4: Bridget McIntyre earned £2.54m at RSA Photograph: PR

5: Lucy Neville-Rolfe, executive director, corporate and legal affairs at Tesco, received £2.41m Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA

6: Rona Fairhead, of publishing company Pearson, received £2m Photograph: Newscast

7: Dame Clara Furse stepped down as chief executive of the London Stock Exchange in May after eight years at the helm and taking home almost £2m Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

8: Alison Cooper, chief operating officer of Imperial Tobacco, earned £1.35m Photograph: PR

9: Kate Bostock, executive director of clothing at Marks & Spencer received £1.2m Photograph: Nils Jorgensen / /Rex Features

10: Dorothy Thompson, earned £894,000 as chief executive of Drax Photograph: Rex Features