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.
There was one big exception. In Salary.com's tally of the top 5 areas for average CEO pay (the mean this time, not the median), Tennessee came in at No. 3 with a median base salary of $300,500, just below New York ($321,800) and the District of Columbia ($395,400).------------------------------------------.here was one big exception. In Salary.com's tally of the top 5 areas for average CEO pay (the mean this time, not the median), Tennessee came in at No. 3 with a median base salary of $300,500, just below New York ($321,800) and the District of Columbia ($395,400).