Liquid nitrogen is a compact and readily transported source of dry nitrogen gas, as it does not require pressurization. 1  Further, its ability to maintain temperatures far below the freezing point of water makes it extremely useful in a wide range of applications, primarily as an open-cycle refrigerant, including:
Finally, aside from salary and bonuses, CFOs should expect to receive benefits as well. These include: Social Security, 401k, disability, healthcare, pension and time off. All together, the value of these benefits for the average CFO is $104,444 or 19% of his or her total compensation.
The average pay package last year was $22.6 million, up from $20.7 million in 2013, according to an analysis of companies' proxy disclosures by executive-compensation data firm Equilar. The average gain in total compensation for the 200 highest-paid U.S. CEOs worked out to 9.1 percent last year.EO compensation is not a good proxy for long-term company performance, either. Of executives who were among America's top 25 highest-paid CEOs in any year between 1993 and 2012, 22 percent worked for financial firms that took federal bailout money, according to the left-leaning Institute for Policy Studies.