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.
*Source: OECD. Average CEO pay amounts are calculated in U.S. dollars based on 2012 or 2011 CEO pay levels for companies from the available in the S&P Capital IQ database. CEO-to-worker pay ratios for are calculated using 2011 average annual wages in U.S. dollars as reported by the OECD.Stat database.Source: OECD. Average CEO pay amounts are calculated in U.S. dollars based on 2012 or 2011 CEO pay levels for companies from the available in the S&P Capital IQ database. CEO-to-worker pay ratios for are calculated using 2011 average annual wages in U.S. dollars as reported by the OECD.Stat database.