Queensland’s generously remunerated premier has had a pay increase, putting her earnings at more than the British and Canadian prime ministers.

The Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal has recommended a $6,559 raise for Annastacia Palaszczuk, taking her annual salary to $385,719.

That’s more than the salaries of the UK prime minister, David Cameron ($307,373), the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau ($328,949), and the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi ($43,345).

Few world leaders will take home more money than Palaszczuk this year; they include the Singapore prime minister, the Hong Kong chief executive, the US president and the Australian prime minister.

The tribunal will also raise the salaries of state MPs by $2,530 to $151,425. “Taking into account a range of factors, the tribunal concludes that an increase in base salary is warranted,” its written determination said.

The pay rises have been backdated to September 2014.

The tribunal awarded the pay rises partly to keep MP salary increases in line with other states, which it said had risen on average by 4.43% since July 2013.

The issue of Queensland politicians’ pay has been contentious. The former Liberal National party set up the independent tribunal to oversee the process after it came under fire for awarding MPs a generous pay rise in 2013.

Protests also met the new panel’s decision in March 2014 to award senior politicians big rises, including a $67,000 top-up to the salary of the then premier Campbell Newman, putting him on almost $380,000 a year.

Palaszczuk made an election commitment to ensure MPs’ pay rises were not proportionately greater than those awarded to public sector workers. The Labor government passed laws linking MPs’ pay to those of public servants in May 2015.