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title: Executive Compensation Trends December 2016
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# Executive Compensation Trends December 2016

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- ERI’s Executive Compensation Trends is a quarterly report that measures trends in executive compensation using analysis of the companies included in the Russell 3000 index.
- The Russell 3000 is comprised of 3,000 securities traded on U.S. stock exchanges that collectively represent roughly 98% of the investable equity market in the United States.

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Last updated on July 27, 2016, the Russell 3000 includes 2,973 distinct publicly-traded companies. These will be the companies used in the analysis of compensation in this report.

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The December 2016 edition of ERI’s Executive Compensation Trends specifically highlights compensation for the top executive and two other executive titles

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To analyze executive pay, the Russell 3000 companies were divided into three groups by the most recent market capitalization.

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