Huw Edwards was paid more than £475,000 by the BBC last year before he resigned and left the corporation.
His resignation in April followed allegations that he paid a young person for sexually explicit photos.
The veteran newsreader was paid between £475,000 and £479,999 for the year 2023/24 for 160 presenting days, BBC One news specials, election specials and other television programming, according to the BBC's annual report.
This marked an increase from 2022/23, when he was paid between £435,000 and £439,999 for 180 days presenting on BBC One, as well as news specials.
Mr Edwards was absent from screens from when the story first broke in July 2023 until his exit in April 2024.
He was suffering from serious mental health issues and received in-patient hospital care.
The BBC confirmed at the time of his departure that he had not received a pay-off and was leaving "on the basis of medical advice from his doctors".
He had long been a fixture in the coverage of major political and royal events, announcing Queen Elizabeth II's death on the BBC and presenting coverage of her funeral.
He also anchored the BBC's broadcast of the coronation of King Charles last year.
He was the third highest-paid employee on the 2023/24 list, up from fourth last year, which was once again topped by Match Of The Day anchor Gary Lineker, whose salary remained unchanged at between £1.35m and £1,355m.
This is the seventh consecutive year Lineker has topped the list and he continues to be the only star paid more than £1 million.
The salaries of many of the BBCs most famous faces are not disclosed on the list because the corporation does not have to reveal the salaries of people who are paid through production companies, including the BBC's commercial arm BBC Studios.
This means presenters and personalities such as Michael McIntyre, Alan Sugar, Bradley Walsh and Alex Jones do not feature.
It also explains the absence of Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, who also hosts another of the BBC's popular entertainment shows, The Traitors.
The BBC has published its annual report amid increased scrutiny of its flagship show Strictly Come Dancing over its culture and treatment of contestants.
There are few mentions of Strictly in the lengthy document but photos from the show are peppered throughout.
There are two new entries on this year's list of the highest-paid on-air talent.
Naga Munchetty and Radio 4's Nick Robinson enter the top ten, replacing Ken Bruce, who no longer works at the BBC, and Sophie Raworth who moves further down.
There are four women in the top ten - Zoe Ball, Fiona Bruce, Lauren Laverne and Ms Munchetty.
Radio 1's Greg James, Radio Ulster's Stephen Nolan and Match Of The Day's Alan Shearer also make the list.
BBC to cut 500 jobs as it attempts to save £200m for 'transformation'
Meanwhile, the BBC has announced it is to cut 500 jobs as it attempts to save £200m to drive the "transformation" of the corporation.
Chief operating adviser Leigh Tavaziva said it is making the changes to improve its premium video offering and digital capabilities.
It comes as the BBC is already attempting to save £500m as part of a plan announced two years ago.
Ms Tavaziva said "significant activity" is already under way to make the corporation "more flexible".
She said: "In March this year we announced a requirement for an additional £200 million of savings and reinvestment plans to drive the continued transformation of the BBC.
"This will support greater investment into premium video content and further develop our digital capabilities."
She added: "To further build our digital capabilities, whilst targeting efficiencies, over the next two years we will continue to close and transfer roles in some areas and create new roles in growth areas.
"This will result in a forecast net reduction of 500 roles in the public service by March 26, with further growth in targeted areas planned in our commercial group.
"To support these changes we will today be launching a new voluntary redundancy scheme for staff.
"Our priority remains to protect and champion the BBC's fighting role as the UK’s public service broadcaster, for all our audiences both local and global."
The BBC announced in March 2023 that it was to cut 1,000 hours of TV in order to save money, with half of that coming from sport.
In the same year, the corporation announced it was scrapping its in-house chamber choir, the BBC Singers, and reducing salaried orchestral posts across the BBC English Orchestras by around 20%.
In December 2022 it said that it was making £11m worth of cuts in local radio, which saw its 39 stations required to share content and broadcast less localised content.
Back in 2016, the BBC said it needed to cut £800m worth of costs, with £80m of that coming from news.
The move saw the Andrew Neil Show axed in 2020, along with 450 jobs in English regional TV news and current affairs, local radio and online news.
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