CEO Pay Trends

CEO pay declined in 2023: But it has soared 1,085% since 1978 ...

From 1978–2023, top CEO compensation shot up 1,085%, compared with a 24% increase in a typical worker's compensation.

CEO pay slightly declined in 2022 - Economic Policy Institute

CEO granted compensation rose 1,046.9% from 1978 to 2022. Changes in the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio (1965–2022). Using the realized ...

Associated Press CEO Pay Study - Equilar

The median S&P 500 employee earned $81,467 in 2023, up 5.2% from 2022. As a result of CEO pay increasing at a higher rate than the median ...

CEO pay fell last year despite a strong stock market, study finds

Despite the dip in 2023, CEOs were still paid 290 times what the average worker earned that year, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute.

An Early Look at CEO Pay Trends From Proxy Season 2024

Among the sample of companies in the study, compensation for CEOs reached $15.7 million in 2023, which would mark an 11.3% increase from 2022.

CEOs made nearly 200 times what their workers got paid last year

NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, ...

CEO Pay Trends - Meridian Compensation Partners

CEO Pay Trends, an Equilar publication, analyzes the compensation data of chief executive officers at Equilar. 500 companies over the last five fiscal years.

2024 Executive Paywatch - AFL-CIO

In 2023, CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased 6% over the previous year—to an average of $17.7 million in total compensation. The average CEO-to-worker pay ...

S&P 500 CEO Compensation Increase Trends

Executive Summary In 2022, median CEO actual total direct compensation (TDC)* among S&P 500 companies was flat, in line with a substantial ...

Recent and Emerging Trends in CEO Pay - Directors & Boards

While say-on-pay may have played a role, CEO pay has rarely hit more than a speed bump in CEO pay increases. In 2008, the median CEO total ...

Highest-Paid CEOs - 2024 - AFL-CIO

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.

Rise in CEO Pay at U.S. Large Cap Companies Returns to Historical ...

Roughly 70 percent of S&P 500 CEOs in the study received a pay increase while compensation dropped for approximately 27 percent of them. When ...

CEO Pay Trends - Equilar

CEO Pay Trends · Median CEO compensation decreased by 1.3% to $14 million in 2022 · The median value of annual bonuses awarded to CEOs declined by 5.7% in 2022 ...

CEO compensation: Creating a strategic package to stand out in ...

CEO pay trends in 2024 · CEO compensation surges: In 2023, median total compensation for S&P 500 chief executives increased by 12.6%, reaching ...

Using Executive Compensation Data to Retain Talent

CEO pay decreased in 2022 after unprecedented growth in 2021, while remaining much higher than pre-pandemic levels. The economic recovery beginning in late 2022 ...

CEO Salary Growth Slowing Into 2024 - Chief Executive

Our latest compensation survey data finds median CEO base salary rose 4.1 percent in 2023—a reasonable bump, but lower than the median increase of 4.9 ...

A data-driven approach to tenure and CEO compensation

Across the size groups analyzed, the early career CEOs' compensation packages—comprising base salary, target total cash, and total direct compensation—averaged ...

CEO Pay Rose to Another Record Last Year ... - Barron's

So yes, median pay for America's top chief executive officers rose again, climbing 11.4% in 2023 to a record $23.7 million, according to a new ...

CEO Pay Has Risen 1085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24%

CEOs at top US companies saw their pay skyrocket by 1085% since 1978, while typical worker pay only increased by 24%

The CEO Pay Problem and What We Can Do About It

Using a slightly different methodology and sample, the Economic Policy Institute found that CEOs were paid 344 times as much as a typical worker ...