The highest pay packages go to CEOs at healthcare companies. For the third time in four years, chief executives in the healthcare field led the S&P 500 in terms of total compensation. The typical CEO in the industry made $16.1 million last year, which means half earned more than that, and half made less.
A look at the top and bottom-paid CEOs last year, by industry, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm:
1. Healthcare, median compensation of $16.1 million, up from $14.7 million a year earlier.
I so want the guillotine concession when the sh%$ hits the fan on the dysfunctional healthcare system in the United States.