Wages for the median workers at the majority of big American companies are higher than they were before the pandemic, with the tight job market helping to lift paydays for many bank tellers, factory workers and software programmers. Compensation in 2021 for the median worker at 275 companies in the S&P 500 index was higher… Continue reading Looking for $100,000 Salary? See How Much the Biggest U.S. Companies Pay Workers
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How Much Do Top CEOs Make? (Way More Than You)
In the 12 months through March, average hourly earnings soared 5.6% for American workers. Things are going especially well for chief executives. Median pay for CEOS of S&P 500 companies climbed 6% to a record $14.2 million last year from the previous high of $13.4 million a year earlier, according to The Wall Street Journal,… Continue reading How Much Do Top CEOs Make? (Way More Than You)
CEO Pay is Skyrocketing as the Average Worker Struggles to Keep Up With Inflation
The rich got richer in 2021, as the median pay for the nation’s CEOs is on pace to set a record this year, up a whopping 19% over the year before. Just one year after many CEOs took pay cuts amid the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, median pay rose to $14.2 million last year… Continue reading CEO Pay is Skyrocketing as the Average Worker Struggles to Keep Up With Inflation
Roblox Awards CEO Pay Package Valued at More Than $230 Million
The boss of Roblox Corp. received a pay package that the videogame company valued at $233 million last year, instantly putting him in the ranks of the country’s top-paid chief executives, a Monday Securities filing showed. David Baszucki, co-founder and chief executive officer of Roblox, had received just $6.8 million in 2020. Most of his… Continue reading Roblox Awards CEO Pay Package Valued at More Than $230 Million
CFO Compensation Rises as Companies Emerge From the Pandemic
Compensation for chief financial officers rose 9% in 2021 compared to the prior year, as CFOs helped their companies navigate the ongoing economic effects of the pandemic, including a tight labor market, backlogged supply chains and higher inflation. Finance chiefs at S&P 500-listed companies last year made $4.7 million in median compensation, continuing an upward… Continue reading CFO Compensation Rises as Companies Emerge From the Pandemic
CEO Pay Heads for Record as Pandemic Recedes
Pay increases for U.S. chief executives have gained steam, putting compensation on pace to set a record amid a tight labor market that is also driving pay higher for many of their workers. Median pay rose to $14.2 million last year for the leaders of S&P 500 companies, up from a record $13.4 million for… Continue reading CEO Pay Heads for Record as Pandemic Recedes
Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel Takes Home Hollywood’s Biggest Payday
The highest-paid executive in Hollywood last year isn’t a studio chief or a venture capitalist. It is Ari Emanuel, the chief executive of Endeavor Group Holdings Inc., the agency which he co-founded nearly three decades ago. Mr. Emanuel’s 2021 pay package, revealed this month in Endeavor’s first-ever annual report as a public company, is valued… Continue reading Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel Takes Home Hollywood’s Biggest Payday
Time to Pay Up
2020 will go down in the corporate annals as the year of the CFO. That’s a bold pronouncement, but at a time of extraordinary economic uncertainty during a literal existential crisis, CEOs of private companies (and publicly traded ones, too) turned to the professional knowledge and judgment of their CFOs to plan, manage and direct… Continue reading Time to Pay Up