Second-highest paid staffers saw healthy base pay increases, with bonuses, retirement payouts pushing compensations higher Related content CEO Salaries at large associations 2016Rising bonuses driving increase in CEO pay Understanding this report Beyond the chart Base salaries for the second-highest paid top executives at associations are growing along with those of their CEOs, but it is in bonuses and other payouts where the real increases are to be found. A CEO Update analysis of the second-highest paid executives at 50 organizations found that median base pay grew by 3.5 percent from 2013 to 2014. But add bonuses and other payments such as retirement payouts into the… Read More