Our report on executive compensation will only fuel the outrage over corporate greed. In 2011 the chief executives of the 500 biggest companies in the U.S. (as measured by a composite ranking of sales, profits, assets and market value) got a collective pay raise of 16% last year, to $5.2 billion. This compares with a 3% pay raise for the average American worker. The total averages out to $10.5 million apiece. The value realized from exercised stock options and vested stock awards are the main components of total pay, accounting for 61%. The average stock gain was $3.2 million, up from $2.7 last year. Average value of vested stock awards was $3.1 million, up from $2.5. Combined salary and bonus was up an average 8% to $3.5 million.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/americas-highest-paid-ceos-155504434.html
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2012/12/ceo-compensation-12-historical-pay-chart.html
Okay, let the envy begin.
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