Methodology:Median pay data reflect disclosures collected by MyLogIQ from annual proxy statements and other securities filings for companies, including recent disclosures from the S&P 500 index, as well as members of the S&P 400 index of mid-sized public companies and the S&P 600 index of smaller public companies. Federal regulations require companies to disclose the total compensation of their median employee starting with the first fiscal year that began after Jan. 1, 2017. The same regulations require companies to calculate the median employee's total compensation with the same method used to determine total pay for chief executives. However, companies have substantial discretion regarding the types of pay used to identify their median employees. Companies are listed with the primary industry sector assigned to them by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Several S&P industry sectors have been combined for presentation, including energy and utilities, finance and real estate, industrials and materials, and technology and communications.

Sources:MyLogIQ (median pay); S&P Global Market Intelligence and company filings (sector classification and number of employees)