{"id":433684,"date":"2022-04-19T00:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-margin-top-ceos-see-nearly-31-pay-increase-in-2021-study-shows\/"},"modified":"2022-04-19T00:25:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:25:00","slug":"the-margin-top-ceos-see-nearly-31-pay-increase-in-2021-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-margin-top-ceos-see-nearly-31-pay-increase-in-2021-study-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Margin: Top CEOs see nearly 31% pay increase in 2021, study shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af2d0c0224e3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-margin-top-ceos-see-nearly-31-pay-increase-in-2021-study-shows\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Margin_Top_CEOs_see_nearly_31_pay_increase_in_2021_study_shows%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Margin: Top CEOs see nearly 31% pay increase in 2021, study shows&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-margin-top-ceos-see-nearly-31-pay-increase-in-2021-study-shows\/#Median_pay_for_the_top_100_CEOs_in_the_US_reached_20_million_last_year_up_308_from_2020_according_to_data_from_a_new_study_from_Equilar\" >Median pay for the top 100 CEOs in the U.S. reached $20 million last year, up 30.8% from 2020, according to data from a new study from Equilar<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-margin-top-ceos-see-nearly-31-pay-increase-in-2021-study-shows\/#Weston_Blasi\" >Weston Blasi<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Margin_Top_CEOs_see_nearly_31_pay_increase_in_2021_study_shows%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Margin: Top CEOs see nearly 31% pay increase in 2021, study shows&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Median_pay_for_the_top_100_CEOs_in_the_US_reached_20_million_last_year_up_308_from_2020_according_to_data_from_a_new_study_from_Equilar\"><\/span>\n  Median pay for the top 100 CEOs in the U.S. reached $20 million last year, up 30.8% from 2020, according to data from a new study from Equilar<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000791768\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetArticleReader\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetArticleReader\n              article__inset--inline\n  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largest 100 U.S. companies by revenue, and is not a list of the 100 highest-paid CEOs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       Among the CEOs cashing in during 2021 were <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le\u2019s<br \/>\n        AAPL,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/202934861\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-0.13%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       Tim Cook, Broadcom\u2019s<br \/>\n        AVGO,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/200646538\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+2.20%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       Hock Tan and Microsoft\u2019s<br \/>\n        MSFT,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/207732364\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+0.25%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       Satya Nadella.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also: Jack Dorsey says Twitter board has \u2018consistently been the dysfunction of the company\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The highest-paid CEO on this year\u2019s list is Intel\u2019s<br \/>\n        INTC,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203649727\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+2.12%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       Patrick Gelsinger, who was awarded nearly $178 million.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetTweet\n            inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/westonblasi\/status\/1516146176701173766\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       CEO pay dipped about 2% in 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.equilar.com\/reports\/80-highest-paid-ceos-2021-equilar-100.html\" class=\"icon none\">according to the same study last year<\/a>, but rebounded swiftly in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The pay included in the data is a combination of salary, stock awards and cash bonuses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also: Who is the richest person in the world? Jeff Bezos no longer owns the top spot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One interesting note from the data was the lack of women near the top of the list. There were nine female CEOs in the Equilar 100 list companies in 2021, an increase from six in 2020. But no female CEO was among the top 10 highest paid, with the top earner being Rosalind Brewer, head of Walgreens Boots Alliance<br \/>\n        WBA,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203410933\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-0.69%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       who ranked 14th on the list at $28.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the ratio of CEO-to-median-worker compensation has continued to rise. Among the top 100 companies in 2021, the median CEO pay ratio was 254:1, much higher than the 238:1 ratio from the previous year\u2019s list.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The trends also to pushed up the ratio of CEO pay to the pay of companies\u2019 median workers to 254:1 from 238:1 a year ago, Equilar\u2019s study said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>median CEO pay reached $20 million in 2021, up 30.8% from 2020<br \/>Median employee pay increased 4.3% to $71.869<br \/>The median CEO Pay Ratio was 254:1 in 2021, up considerably from 238:1 in 2020<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Weston Blasi\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/author\/weston-blasi\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/mailto:weston.blasi@dowjones.com\",\"text\":\"weston.blasi@dowjones.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Weston_Blasi\"><\/span>Weston Blasi<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><ufc-follow-author-widget product=\"marketwatch\" author-id=\"203_MW\" author-name=\"Weston Blasi\" signin-url=\"https:\/\/accounts.marketwatch.com\/login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Ftop-ceos-see-nearly-31-pay-increase-in-2021-study-shows-11650317148%3Frss%3D1%26siteid%3Drss\" panda-api=\"https:\/\/follow-api.marketwatch.com\"><\/ufc-follow-author-widget><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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