The salary of Australia's Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens rose by 3.7 per cent in the last financial year, in line with the average wage growth for public servants.
Mr Steven's salary for 2010/11 was $834,186, contributing to a total remuneration package of $1,083,017, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia annual report tabled in parliament.
His deputy, Ric Battellino, received a similar salary increase to $629,963, for a total package of $822,221.
Mr Stevens's salary has been under spotlight after it was revealed earlier this year that he earned more than his US central bank counterpart following a $234,000 raise in October 2008, something that Treasurer Wayne Swan didn't learn about for almost a year.
Last month, Mr Swan changed the way salaries of Reserve Bank board members and executives are set.
There are now fixed salary bands within benchmarks that exist under the Remuneration Tribunal, an independent authority that determines how much politicians and public servants earn.
"I've put in place a set of arrangements that mean that future decisions taken about those salaries will be in the context of other salaries paid to comparable people in the public sector," Mr Swan said last week.
"I have taken that action so that when the board takes its decision, it takes its decision within a framework set by government."
