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, and the list was last updated on June 26, 2017.
The July 2018 edition of the Executive Compensation Trends specifically highlights compensation for the Chief Executive Officer.
The most recently filed documents for companies in the Russell 3000 include data from the 2017 fiscal year. Median revenue increased by more than 11% from 2016 to 2017 for this group.
Over 75% of companies in the index saw positive revenue growth in 2017, while 41% increased revenue by at least 10% and nearly 24% increased revenue by 20% or more over2016.
This measure of CEO compensation increased by 18%, 10%, and 8% in 2017 for market cap groups 1, 2, and 3respectively.
