Median pay for U.S. CEOs rose nearly 6% in 2025, but some compensation packages were eye-popping - BNN Bloomberg
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NEW YORK — The typical U.S. CEO compensation package rose nearly 6 per cent in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and higher stock prices, and gave them incentives to stick around and make even more money for shareholders.
The median employee at companies in the S&P 500 earned $89,744, reflecting a 4.7 per cent increase year over year. While that gain outpaced the rate of inflation in 2025, many workers were still feeling pinched by the accumulation of higher prices over the past few years and had to cut corners to make ends meet and run …
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