Severance payments to chief executives generally seem to rise with tenure; one such payout equates to three times base compensation Related content CEO compensation in professional societies Pay for the CEOs who lead professional groups is on the rise. Base pay increased 3.5 percent for those running organizations with more than $5 million in revenue. Combined base and bonus pay, which is regarded as the most reliable way to track CEO compensation, increased 4.4 percent. In the same 2011-2012 tax period, those raises bested trade group CEOs whose base pay rose 2.9 percent. Base and bonus pay increased 4 percent. Still, CEO paychecks from professional associations… Read More