Senior executives in the public sector were awarded pay rises of up to 9.5% last year, according to new research.
Public sector chiefs saw their average earnings rise to £169,000, the Incomes Data Services (IDS) survey shows.
Salaries of most chief executives in local government topped the £100,000-a-year mark, IDS said. At the same time, top management in government agencies saw their average earnings increase to £112,500.
Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier was top of the public sector pay league, with a salary and incentive package worth a potential £814,000.
Steve Tatton, editor of IDS Executive Compensation Review, said: “The public sector often likes to follow the private sector’s lead.
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“Now it seems that top executives in the public sector have taken this one step further by being given top company-style pay rises.”
Figures from Deloitte show private sector executive pay rises in the same period averaged 7%.
