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Even when regular workers win their biggest raises in decades, they look minuscule compared with what CEOs are getting. The typical compensation package for chief executives who run S&P 500 companies soared 17.1 per cent last year, to a median US$14.5 million, according to data analyzed for The Associated Press by Equilar.
Pay for CEOs who run the biggest U.S. companies soared 17.1% last year, up to a median of $14.5 million.
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Compensation for CEOs who run the largest companies in America jumped to an average of $14.5 million.
The median pay for top execs was $14.5 million, boosted in many cases by soaring stock prices.