Ministry of Defence pays 80 officials more than £100,000

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To put things into further perspective, the BBC has only around 23,000 staff compared to the MOD's 250,000 full time civilian and uniformed employees plus reserves.

The BBC has an annual budget of only £5bn compared to the MOD's £42bn.

Even three years ago, the BBC had 382 staff earning over £100k compared to the MOD's current 80:

Daily Telegraph 13 Feb 2010: BBC has 382 staff earning more than £100,000