{"id":921364,"date":"2026-04-27T07:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/921364\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T07:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:33:18","slug":"i-like-making-money-stephen-nolan-defends-salary-amid-proposed-bbc-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/921364\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I like making money’: Stephen Nolan defends salary amid proposed BBC cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC broadcaster Stephen Nolan<\/a> has defended his salary amid proposed cuts at the corporation.<\/p>\n

The 52-year-old is currently the seventh highest earner in the corporation with a salary of \u00a3405,000 in 2024-25, earning \u00a310,000 more than former BBC Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg. This figure excludes any earnings for programmes made through his own production company, Third Street Studios<\/p>\n

Nolan is also the only regional star to make the list of the broadcaster’s top earners. Earlier this month, the BBC <\/a>announced that they were cutting between 1,800 and 2,000 jobs in an attempt to make \u00a3500m in savings due to “significant financial pressures.”<\/p>\n

Defending his salary, Stephen Nolan told Belfast Live<\/a>: “I get a lot of flak for many different things, because of what the Nolan Show is. It’s a magnet for people to say it as it really is, right, every single day, and long may that continue.<\/p>\n

“I can tell you now, true bill, but the thing that I get the least hassle, stroke conversation about is my salary, and that’s the truth out in the street, and I think that’s because, I’m not too sure this is the corporate BBC, answer that they want, right, but there’s a working class guy from a working class estate in Northern Ireland that’s getting paid really well in the BBC. What’s wrong with that? What do you want it to be?<\/p>\n

“So I’m actually very proud of where I came from, and guess what, I like to earn money and I’m trying to be as successful as I can be, and what I usually get is, you know, some punters, yeah, they’re joking with me and they’re they’re winding me up and all that, you know, lend us a few quid and all that kind of stuff, very few people resent it.”<\/p>\n

BBC’s top earners 2024-25<\/p>\n

1. Gary Lineker (\u00a31.35m)<\/p>\n

2. Zoe Ball (\u00a3515k)<\/p>\n

3. Alan Shearer (\u00a3440k)<\/p>\n

4. Greg James (\u00a3425k)<\/p>\n

5. Nick Robinson (\u00a3410k)<\/p>\n

6. Fiona Bruce (\u00a3410k)<\/p>\n

7. Stephen Nolan (\u00a3405k)<\/p>\n

8. Laura Kuenssberg (\u00a3395k)<\/p>\n

9. Vernon Kay (\u00a3390k)<\/p>\n

10. Justin Webb (\u00a3365k)<\/p>\n

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