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.
Comment. The average CEO salary broke records in 2011 at $9.6 million â and now, that record high has been topped by 2012 salaries, which averaged out to $9.7 million.Health care and media CEOs enjoyed the highest pay, while utility CEOs had the lowest at $7.5 million.Sixty percent of CEOs got a raise last year.omment. The average CEO salary broke records in 2011 at $9.6 million â and now, that record high has been topped by 2012 salaries, which averaged out to $9.7 million.