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Top Management and Executive Compensation Survey

United StatesEdition: 2026Quote

The Top Management and Executive Compensation Survey provides market-based pay data for 57 executive benchmark jobs. Input for the survey is received from both public and private organizations located all over the United States.

Incumbent-based, market-based pay data; submissions screened and normalized to common date — Annual; published in August. 2025 edition surveyed 2,425 organizations across 500+ U.S. cities; reports four revenue groups (Small <$25M, Medium $25-250M, Large $250M-1B, Enterprise >$1B)

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