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Illinois CEOs Earned 3.5% More than National Average

September 10, 2012

A new study by NerdWallet examined the pay of Illinois CEOs running some of America’s largest corporations.  The study finds that the CEOs of S&P500 companies based in Illinois were paid an average of $13.3 [...]

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Where Will a CEO Get Paid the Most?

September 2, 2012

Everyone knows that going to the right school and working hard will get you a better paying job, but did you ever think that choosing the right place to live might be just as important [...]

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Citigroup

8 Companies with Negative Taxes that Paid Millions to their CEOs

August 22, 2012

A recent study by the Institute for Policy Studies revealed that the CEOs of 26 major corporations took home more in their paychecks than the entire company paid in federal income taxes for 2011. Furthermore, [...]

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Income Inequality: Best & Worst Companies

July 26, 2012

Are CEOs overpaid?  A CEO typically spends his entire career working his way up the corporate ladder before being handsomely rewarded with a multi-million dollar paycheck.  Some would say he’s earned it.  But workers at [...]

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Top 10: Highest Paid Executives and How They Got There

July 25, 2012

In 2011, the average compensation of S&P 500 executives was $13,375,474, 393 times the average pay of U.S. workers, which was $34,053 for 2011. NerdWallet’s new Executive Pay Transparency Tool reveals the compensation of the highest [...]

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