CEO Pay

Table 2b

 

Year Average CEO Compensation Average CEO Compensation (Rolling) Average CEO Compensation (Middle 340) Median CEO Compensation
1965 1,078
1966 1,164
1967 1,251 1,164
1968 1,338 1,251
1969 1,351 1,313
1970 1,365 1,351
1971 1,379 1,365
1972 1,392 1,379
1973 1,406 1,392
1974 1,510 1,436
1975 1,614 1,510
1976 1,718 1,614
1977 1,822 1,718
1978 1,925 1,822
1979 2,077 1,941
1980 2,229 2,077
1981 2,380 2,229
1982 2,532 2,380
1983 2,684 2,532
1984 2,835 2,684
1985 2,987 2,835
1986 3,139 2,987
1987 3,290 3,139
1988 3,442 3,290
1989 3,594 3,442
1990 4,519 3,852
1991 5,444 4,519
1992 6,370 5,444 6,287 3,323
1993 6,690 6,168 6,356 3,629
1994 5,447 6,169 5,363 3,726
1995 6,971 6,370 6,606 4,211
1996 9,106 7,175 8,624 5,002
1997 13,842 9,973 12,154 6,672
1998 20,443 14,463 28,926 5,960
1999 18,316 17,533 28,158 6,587
2000 25,392 21,383 35,289 6,646
2001 14,136 19,281 23,067 5,852
2002 12,276 17,268 16,913 6,044
2003 15,813 14,075 23,233 8,134
2004 17,839 15,309 27,011 9,835
2005 21,662 18,438 32,411 11,409
2006 22,164 20,555 31,145 12,029
2007 22,876 22,234 29,858 11,104
2008 14,953 19,998 20,900 7,579
2009 11,962 16,597 17,634 7,743
2010 15,115 14,010 22,689 9,815
2011 16,555 14,544 23,702 10,956
2012 24,672 18,781 28,852 12,279
2013 21,488 20,905 30,281 13,140
2014 22,471 22,877 32,546 14,123
2015 23,057 22,339 32,507 14,007
2016 20,197 21,908 29,039 13,733
2017 22,494 21,916 32,688 15,342
2018 22,170 21,620 29,374 14,516
2019 24,860 23,175 34,073 14,296
2020 29,348 25,459 41,266 13,110
2021 32,552 28,920 44,619 16,011
2022 28,306 30,068 36,390 16,524
2023 21,707 27,522 26,993 15,062
2024 22,983 24,332 30,943 14,113
Economic Policy Institute

Notes: The rolling average measure using a three-year rolling average to smooth the data series. The middle 340 compensation measure removes the highest and lowest paid among the top 350 CEOs to make sure the results aren't based on outliers. The median measure takes the mid-point of the 350 CEOs instead of the average.

Source: Authors’ analysis of data from Compustat’s ExecuComp database.

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