New compensation data from the 2017 Salary Guide shows CEO salaries tend to cluster near median, then trend higher quickly For salary benchmarking, every data point is useful but not all data points are created equal. This is especially true when measuring CEO pay. Medians are helpful in tracking macro changes and trends in CEO compensation—a sort of annual measurement of all the salaries raised year to year—but medians lack the nuance that other data points can illustrate. That's where percentiles shine. Percentiles show the most accurate picture of potential salary. In reality, only one or two CEOs can be at the median, with half above and half below it. CEO Update… Read More