The original transcontinental railroad route did not pass through the two biggest cities in the so-called Great American Desert â Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
On average, a German CEO at a large company made about $5.9 million in 2013, while U.S. CEOs in the S&P 500 made an average of $12.3 million. Thatâs because U.S. chief executive pay is intimately tied to their companyâs share price through stock option compensation and other forms of equity pay.n the U.S., average annual worker pay is $34,645. A German worker receives $40,223 a year on average. In the U.S., there have been several attempts to close the CEO-worker pay gap through an increase in the minimum wage. The issue has found its way to the ballot box in several states in the 2014 midterm elections.
The lowest pay of all regions was in the Mountain West, where non-profit CEOS made a median of $108,000 per year, and the overall median salary for all regions combined was $147,273 per year.he CEOs of education non-profits earned the most of all types of institutions, with a median salary of $272,645 per year. Charities focusing on culture and the arts had similarly high-paying CEO positions, with a median salary of $190,550.