For the few women who sit atop S&P 500 companies, thinner paychecks as median compensation slips
Last year was a mixed bag pay-wise for the women who run companies in the S&P 500 -- compensation increased for more than half of them, but the median pay package fell 6% NEW YORK -- Last year was a mixed bag pay-wise for the women who run companies in the S &P 500 -- compensation increased for more than half of them, but the median pay package fell 6%. Of the 343 CEOs in the compensation survey of S &P 500 companies done by the AP and Equilar, only 20 were women . Because they are a small group, changes in pay for only a few can easily skew the overall figures. The drop comes after a 26% jump in the value of pay packages for female CEOs in 2021, a year when compensation reflected a recovering economy and soaring stock prices and profits. Many chief executives were rewarded for steering their companies through the worst of the pandemic. Overall, female CEOs saw their performance bonuses fall 13% to $2.8 million last year and stock awards fall 4% to an average of $10 milli...
