Originally posted in the Baltimore Business Journal on September 20,2018
In 2017, the median pay of CEOs of the biggest U.S. companies in the S&P 500 reached $12.1 million 1, a post-recession high. While not all executive compensation will reach this level, the median salary for a Russell 3000 CEO was still over $3 million2 in 2017. With eye-popping figures like those, it makes you wonder what exactly executive compensation packages consist of.