Share of pay from bonuses gets larger for top-earning CEOs
- January 21, 2022 |
- WILLIAM EHART
But change in median base-and-bonus pay was plus 3.4%, the smallest change in five years, perhaps because of pandemic impactAt-risk pay continues to grow as a percentage of the compensation awarded to the highest-paid association CEOs.Data from our latest report shows that incentive compensation was equal to 89% of base pay, up from 72% in last winter's snapshot. For 10 of the 25 top-paid CEOs, bonuses were equal to or greater than base pay. In only four cases were bonuses less than 50% of base.Yet CEO pay gains decelerated for the second straight report. The median change in base and bonus compensation was 3.4%, according to the latest data, down from the 4.3%… Read More