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In the past 10 years, typical CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased by more than $4 million, to an average of $17.7 million in 2023. Meanwhile, the average U.S. worker saw a wage increase of $18,240 over the past decade, earning on average just $65,470 in 2023.
Our analysis evaluated the pay packages of 280 Fortune 500 CEOs, who earned a median total compensation of $15.9 million, up 30% from a year earlier. When calculating a CEO’s total realized...
On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal published its list of the highest-paid CEOs of 2022, which was based on data from C-Suite Comp, a data analytics firm that tracks the compensation of...
In 2023, median total compensation for Equilar 100 CEOs jumped to $23.7 million, marking an 11.4% increase in pay for the same set of companies in 2022. Last year’s Equilar 100 CEOs* experienced an increase of just 7.7% from the previous year.
Barry McCarthy, CEO at Peloton Interactive, is the highest-paid CEO in this year’s study with a 2022 pay package of over $168 million. All pay components increase, with cash bonus being the exception.
The 2024 edition of the Equilar 100 CEO pay study examines compensation packages of CEOs at companies with revenues of $1 billion or more to file a proxy statement by March 31, 2024.
It would take 2,100 years earning that much to equal CEO Barbara Rentler’s compensation from 2023, valued at $18.1 million. A year earlier, it would have taken the median worker 1,137 years to match the CEO’s pay.
TPG's Jon Winkelried tops a list of highly paid CEOs. His comp was valued at $198.7 million in 2023. Most top CEOs' earnings come through stock awards, often payable over several years. The...
From 1978 to 2021, CEO pay based on realized compensation grew by 1,460%, far outstripping S&P stock market growth (1,063%) and top 0.1% earnings growth (which was 385% between 1978 and 2020, according to the latest data available). In contrast, compensation of the typical worker grew by just 18.1% from 1978 to 2021.
CEO compensation in 2021 was the highest on record by almost any measure, with Elon Musk topping the list for the fourth consecutive year.