1 The Northern Pacific Railway (NP) completed the third independent transcontinental railroad on August 22, 1883, linking Chicago with Seattle. 2  The Completion Ceremony was held on September 8, 1883, with former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant contributing to driving the Final Spike.
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.
Only 15.3 percent of organizations led by women report CEO salaries of between $101,000 and $150,000 per year, compared to 20.1 percent of organizations led by both genders, and only 6.7 percent report earning more than $150,000, compared to 11.3 percent of all organizations.