Median pay reached $12.4 million for CEOs of the biggest U.S. companies in 2018, setting a fourth straight post-recession high even as stock-market returns tumbled at most of the companies. Most S&P 500 CEOs got raises of 5% or better during the year, while total shareholder return was -5.8%, according to a WSJ analysis of data from MyLogIQ. Scroll to explore the highest-paid CEOs, and the lowest, with comparisons of shareholder returns and other factors.
Many of the top earners of 2018 ran health-care, media and financial companies, with those sectors filling 18 of the top 25 by total pay (excluding those who came or went during the year). Unlike previous years, technology CEOs took just three of the top 25 spots.
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