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General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra had total compensation in 2017 of $21.96 million.
The figure represents a decline from her 2016 compensation of $22.58 million. Barra's total compensation, which includes stock awards and pension changes, represents more than what she actually saw in pay. She received a $2.1 million salary and $4.96 million from her nonequity incentive plan.
GM said Barra’s compensation was 295 times as much as the company's median employee.
The company noted there is flexibility in how enterprises calculate the figure so exact comparisons are not likely.
Ford said CEO Jim Hackett’s annualized pay of $17.4 million (total compensation actually stood at $16.7 million in 2017) was 199 times the number for that company’s median employee.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said CEO Sergio Marchionne was paid $11.95 million (9.7 million euros) in base salary as well as a bonus and a stock award of $35.8 million (almost 30 million euros), which covers a three-year period, rather than one year as is the case for other companies.
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it's still all ridiculous as hell as far as i'm concerned, but her salary isn't some anomaly outside of most large corporations. The fact that she made 295 times more than the median employee, and probably about 500 times more than the average line worker, and the fact that this is a normal thing in this country speaks more about our country than it does her or GM.