Across the US, more than 70 percent of chief executives took home at least their target compensation in 2022 – a figure that is largely unchanged over a five-year research period from 2018 to 2022.

Median payouts for CEO annual incentives at S&P 500 firms in 2022 stood at $1.41 mn. Looking at CEO pay across the S&P 1500 between 2018 and 2022, researchers find that, despite significant market volatility during the study period, payout rates were consistently above the 50 percent to 60 percent range ‘considered best practice by consultants, academics and practitioners’. READ MORE