Under Scottish Parliament rules ministers leaving office receive a portion of their salary as a lump sum payout.
Sturgeon will get £48,283.50 - half of her £96,567 ministerial portion of their salary - as a resettlement grant while Deputy First Minister John Swinney will get just £12,524.25.
Aside from the First Minister all other cabinet members get 25 per cent of their current ministerial salary when they leave.