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Average compensation for CEOs at the top 350 firms was $15.5 million in 2015, down 5.1 percent from the $16.3 million in 2014, according to a new analysis from EPI President Lawrence Mishel and research assistant Jessica Schieder. In Stock market headwinds meant less generous year for some CEOs, Mishel and Schieder estimate CEO compensation using a comprehensive measure that covers chief executives of the top 350 U.S. firms and includes salaries, bonuses, restricted stock grants, long-term incentive payouts and the value of stock options exercised in the past year.

Mishel and Schieder attribute the fall in CEO pay in 2015 to a faltering stock market, and a corresponding decline in the potential value of stock options—not any structural changes in corporate governance or how CEO compensation is set. 83 percent of the decline in CEO pay from 2014 to 2015 can be explained by the dro Ceo salary list!