企業高管數據公司Equilar的研究顯示，去年美國部分最大企業的首席執行官平均薪資達到1660萬美元，高于2015年的1550萬美元。

此項研究覆蓋了今年4月1日前提交代表權申明書的收入100強企業，結果顯示CEO薪酬增長中值為6%，是2013年以來的最高水平。

年薪最高的是特許通訊公司CEO托馬斯?拉特利奇，數額為9800萬美元。排名第二的是耐克公司CEO馬克?帕克，他的年薪為4760萬美元。甲骨文公司聯合CEO馬克?赫德和薩弗拉?卡茨分列第三和第五名，兩人的收入分別為4110萬和4090萬美元。排名第四的是年薪4010萬美元（譯者注：這個數字可能是4100萬美元）的迪士尼CEO羅伯特?艾格。

今年，收入排在前列的CEO在總薪酬中的占比較高。2015年，年薪排名前10的CEO中有四人的薪酬總額超過3000萬美元。2016年這個數字翻了一番，達到8人。

人們也許認為CEO的薪酬和公司業績掛鉤，實際上未必一定如此。這100家公司的平均股東回報率是11%，而10位年薪最高的CEO中，有6人低于這個水平。同時，薪酬最低的10位CEO中，反而有6人高于這個指標。迪士尼和甲骨文的股東回報率實際上分別為負8%和負6%；耐克的股東回報率為10%，略低于平均值，而且零售前景也不明朗。

伯克希爾-哈撒韋公司以2236億美元的收入規模在這100家企業中位居榜首，股東回報率也高達23%，掌門人沃倫?巴菲特卻拿著最低的年薪——48.8萬美元。實際上，巴菲特是唯一一位薪酬低于300萬美元的CEO。不過大家應該能想到，他當然有放棄高薪的底氣。

收入僅次于伯克希爾?哈撒韋的是蘋果公司。蘋果CEO蒂姆?庫克的年薪為870萬美元，比2015年下降了15%，排在第89位。

下個月，只要所有上市公司都在最終期限前提交了代表權申明書，Equilar就會公布收入200強的完整CEO薪酬情況。（財富中文網）

譯者：Charlie

審稿：夏林

Average compensation for CEOs at some of the largest companies in the U.S. clocked in at $16.6 million last year, up from $15.5 million in 2015, according to a study by executive data firm Equilar.

The study, which looked at figures from the 100 largest corporations by revenue that filed proxy statements covering 2016 before April 1, found the median pay increase for CEOs was 6%, the largest bump since 2013.

Topping the list was Thomas Rutledge, who heads Charter Communications. He received $98 million. In second-place was Nike’s Mark Parker, who brought in $47.6 million. Mark Hurd and Safra Catz, who are co-CEOs of Oracle, ranked third and fifth, pulling in $41.1 and $40.9 million, respectively. In fourth place was Disney head Robert Iger, who made $40.1 million.

Executives at the top took a bigger share of the pie this year. In 2015, four of the 10 highest-paid CEOs made more than $30 million in total compensation. Last year, that number doubled to eight.

While one might expect CEO compensation to be tied to performance, that wasn't always the case. The average total shareholder return for all 100 companies was 11%. Six of the top 10 best-paid CEOs fell below that benchmark, while six of the 10 least-paid CEOs in the study beat it. Disney and Oracle actually had negative shareholder returns of 8% and 6%, respectively, while Nike’s came in just below the average at 10% amid an uncertain retail outlook.

Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway, was the lowest paid executive, receiving $488,000 despite the fact that his company brought in the most revenue at $223.6 billion, with a healthy shareholder return of 23%. In fact, Buffett was the only CEO to be paid less than $3 million, though it should be noted he can surely afford to forego a high salary.

Sitting just below Berkshire Hathaway in terms of revenue was Apple, whose CEO Tim Cook saw his pay fall 15% from last year to $8.7 million, placing him 89th on the list.

Next month, Equilar will publish a complete list of CEO compensation at the 200 largest businesses by revenue once all public companies have met the deadline for filing their proxy statements.