MSPs to pocket pay increase of almost £1100 next year
The First Minister's total salary entitlement will rise above £150,000 for the first time since.
MSPs will benefit from a pay rise of almost £1100 next year.
The salaries of Holyrood's 129 members will rise by £1092, taking their total to £61,777.
The rise is equivalent to a 1.8%, the same as public-sector workers will enjoy.
The First Minister's salary entitlement will push through the £150,000 mark for the first time since devolution to £151,269 a year, while cabinet members' pay packets would be bolstered to £108,203.
The Scottish Government confirmed to STV News the First Minister and her cabinet will not accept the pay rises, however, with salaries remaining frozen at 2008/2009 levels.
Jackson Carlaw, a Conservative MSP and a member of the Scottish Parliament's corporate body, confirmed the pay rise to the finance committee on Wednesday.
He said: "The Scottish Parliamentary salaries scheme now directly links MSPs' salaries to public-sector pay rises in Scotland using the annual survey of hours and earnings published by the Office for National Statistics.
"Using this index, I can confirm that an increase of 1.8% will be applied in April 2017."
MSPs used to be paid 87.5% of a MPs wage. This linked scheme was scrapped in 2015 after MPs were in line to benefit from a 9% pay rise.
Holyrood's politicians thought the pay rise was too large.