Under Construction
CEO- $240,903
Physicians/Surgeons- $139,849
Dentists- $133,777
Lawyers- $126,530
Pilots- $120,505
Engineering Managers-$113,388
Professors $98,974
Software Engineer $78,850
Biomedical Engineer $78,850
Medical Scientist (Pharma) $82,640
Major League Athletes $162,054 (womens golf) - $5 M (NBA)
Minor league baseball $850-$2,000/mo or $4,250-$10,000/season
2007 US Household Income Distribution
Household Income | Households
(1,000) | %≤ | %> |
$0-19,999 | 22,415 | 19.3% | 80.7% |
$20-39,999 | 26,219 | 41.9% | 58.1% |
$40-59,999 | 20,481 | 59.6% | 40.4% |
$60-79,999 | 14,793 | 72.3% | 27.7% |
$80-99,999 | 9,951 | 80.9% | 19.1% |
$100-149,999 | 13,385 | 92.4% | 7.6% |
$150-199,999 | 4,751 | 96.5% | 3.5% |
$200-249,999 | 1,776 | 98.1% | 1.9% |
>$250,000 | 2,240 | 100.0% | |
Median Household Income $46,750 (50% below and 50% above)
Mean Household Income $66,570 (Total income [$7.7 Trillion]/ Households [116 Million])
Source: Census Bureau Table HINC-06
Highest Earnings 2009
Number of people with more than $15 million in earnings in 2007-8:
Num. Category
>500 Billionaires *
120 Business executives (US only)
74 Athletes (28-NBA, 13-MLB, 12-Soccer, 7-NFL, 7-Golf, 6-Auto Racing, 3-Tennis)
16 Actors (US)
9 Musicians (US)
9 Talking Heads (Opra, Letterman, Dr. Phil, ...)
5 Director/Producers (US)
4 Authors (US) (J.K. Rowling, James Patterson, Stephen King, Tom Clancy)
4 Hip-Hop Impresarios
2 Chefs
1 Model
- Athlets include two retired: Michael Jordan and Arnold Palmer who's endorsement income exceeds $15 M.
* There are 470 people in the world with net worths over $1.5 Billion.
If they only invested half of it and earned 2% they would have earnings over $15 Million.
See: The World's Billionaires 2009 at Forbes.
An 2007 article in Institutional InvestorŐs Alpha magazine this week reports that the 25 highest-paid hedge-fund managers in the US had an average income of $540 million in 2006
Bill and Hillary Clinton's income averaged $13.9 M from 2000-2008.
Sources: US CEO Compensation, Forbes 100 celebrity ranking
CEO Compensation: 2015
Most of compensation was in bonus' and stock
Rank | CEO | Company | Total $Millions |
1 | Pichai, Sundar | GOOGLE INC. | $100.5 |
2 | Khosrowshahi, Dara | EXPEDIA, INC. | $94.6 |
3 | Moonves, Leslie | CBS CORP | $56.8 |
4 | Dauman, Philippe P. | VIACOM INC. | $54.2 |
5 | Hurd, Mark V. | ORACLE CORP | $53.2 |
6 | Catz, Safra A. | ORACLE CORP | $53.2 |
7 | Bisignano, Frank J. | First Data (FDC) | $51.6 |
8 | Schleifer, Leonard S. | REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC | $47.5 |
9 | Iger, Robert A. | WALT DISNEY CO | $44.9 |
10 | Ishrak, Omar | MEDTRONIC PLC | $39.5 |
11 | Mathrani, Sandeep | GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC. | $39.2 |
12 | Lorber, Howard M. | Vector Group (VGR) | $37.0 |
13 | Roberts, Brian L. | COMCAST CORP | $36.2 |
14 | Mayer, Marissa A. | YAHOO INC | $36.0 |
15 | Cote, David M. | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC | $34.5 |
16 | Bousbib, Ari | IMS Health Holdings (IMS) | $34.5 |
17 | Benioff, Marc | SALESFORCE COM INC | $33.4 |
18 | Cote, David M. Cote | Honeywell International (HON) | $33.1 |
19 | Immelt, Jeffrey R. | GENERAL ELECTRIC CO | $33.0 |
20 | Zaslav, David M. | DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | $32.4 |
21 | Bewkes, Jeffrey L. | TIME WARNER INC. | $31.5 |
22 | Case, Gregory C. | AON PLC | $29.7 |
23 | Meyer, James E. | Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) | $29.2 |
24 | Merlo, Larry J. | CVS HEALTH CORP | $28.9 |
25 | Barra, Mary T. | GENERAL MOTORS CO | $28.6 |
26 | Hewson, Marillyn A. | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | $28.6 |
27 | Leiden, Jeffrey M. | VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC | $28.1 |
28 | Murdoch, Keith Rupert | TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC. | $27.9 |
29 | Roberts, Brian L. | Comcast (CMCSA) | $27.5 |
30 | Tillerson, Rex W. | EXXON MOBIL CORP | $27.3 |
35 | Stephenson, Randall L. | AT&T INC. | $25.1 |
37 | Dolan, James L. | CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP | $24.6 |
38 | Legere, John J. | T-Mobile US (TMUS) | $24.5 | |
40 | Frazier, Kenneth C. | MERCK & CO. INC. | $24.2 |
42 | Gorsky, Alex | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | $23.8 |
56 | Chenault, Kenneth I. | AMERICAN EXPRESS CO | $22.0 |
73 | Calderoni, Robert M. | CITRIX SYSTEMS INC | $19.6 |
74 | Chambers, John T. | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | $19.6 |
78 | Stumpf, John G. | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | $19.3 |
86 | Narayen, Shantanu | ADOBE SYSTEMS INC | $18.4 |
87 | McAdam, Lowell C. | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC | $18.3 |
88 | Nadella, Satya | MICROSOFT CORP | $18.3 |
93 | Marcus, Robert D. | TIME WARNER CABLE INC. | $18.1 |
94 | Fairbank, Richard D. | CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP | $18.0 |
118 | Brown, Michael A. | SYMANTEC CORP | $16.3 |
123 | Smith, Brad D. | INTUIT INC | $16.0 |
151 | Krzanich, Brian M. | INTEL CORP | $14.6 |
152 | Corbat, Michael | CITIGROUP INC | $14.6 |
154 | Hemsley, Stephen J. | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC | $14.5 |
155 | Wenig, Devin N. | EBAY INC | $14.5 |
157 | Schulman, Daniel H. | PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC. | $14.4 |
166 | Moynihan, Brian T. | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | $13.8 |
278 | Mollenkopf, Steven M. | QUALCOMM INC | $10.4 |
284 | Cook, Timothy D. | APPLE INC | $10.3 |
See Top 400
Source: CEO Pay: How Corporate Chiefs Rank - WSJ.com
and Meet the Highest-Paid C.E.O.s in 2015 - The New York Times
See also:
Laragest Companies - Revenue, Market Cap, Employees
Links:
Occupational Outlook Handbook at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Celebrities
Political Figures in the Media
sports
Education
salary.com
salaries in the US at wikipedia.
What this Job Pays - NWjobs at marketplace.nwsource.com
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last updated 29 Mar 2009
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