Figure A

Average CEO compensation by measure and sample (nominal), in thousands, 2010–2017

Year Mean of real_dir_comp, not350 Mean of total_dir_comp, not350 Mean of TDC3, not350 Mean of TOTAL_ALT2, not350 Mean of real_dir_comp, 350 Mean of total_dir_comp, 350 Mean of TDC3, 350 Mean of TOTAL_ALT2, 350 Mean of total SEC (wsj), 350 Mean of real_dir_comp, 250 Mean of total_dir_comp, 250 Mean of TDC3, 250 Mean of TOTAL_ALT2, 250 Mean of total SEC (wsj), 250
2010 11629.09 10608.01 11592.14 12917 11493.49 10521.58 11431.26 12744.07 12785.92 12460.64 11261.87 12648.81 14180.66 13880.37
2011 12196.95 11256.97 12918.08 14349.43 12142.89 11225.46 12884.61 14289.16 13301.45 13624.94 12283.19 14286.33 15944.12 14707.87
2012 14607.42 11068.04 19845.25 21426.59 14398.23 10958.89 19551.72 21070.74 13110.45 15489.62 12033.61 17720.01 19529.68 14532.22
2013 15148.29 11633.25 17041.72 17525.22 24511.83 11564.26 26411.29 26894.93 12730.89 16937.1 12481.83 18580.75 19160.34 13814.21
2014 16332.95 12278.11 18310.48 19938.7 16250.8 12241.5 18205.41 19815.11 14526.92 18270.3 13291.62 20379.86 22242.44 15910.16
2015 16162.7 12409.51 18597.9 19330.54 16008.87 12289.49 18362.47 19093.38 13576.93 17849.26 13475.77 20467.83 21340.08 14968.65
2016 15790.87 12805.63 17078.71 17916.24 15692.27 12764.37 16917.42 17771.34 14367.35 16268.18 13798.12 18291.2 19271.55 15627.02
2017 15857.12 10723.22 18906.82 19787.17 15406.72 10515.41 18462.75 19345.93 15367.34 16504.4 11335.88 20517.48 21540.91 16870.73
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