ERI’s Executive Compensation Trends is a quarterly report that measures changes in executive compensation packages 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.
This report will also discuss the fluid landscape for the analysis and benchmarking of executivecompensation packages.
To analyze executive pay, the Russell 3000 companies were divided into three groups by the most recent market capitalization.
The most populated sectors were financial services, technology, industrials, healthcare, and consumer cyclical, each representing about 15% of the index.
The large-cap group saw the largest increase to the median total direct compensation at more than 13%. The small and medium cap groups saw median increases of 6% and 3% respectively.
