Gallery: Five charts reflecting the CEO pay at FTSE 100 companies

Male CEOs earn up to 110% more than females

Laura Dew
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Investment Week looks at five graphs highlighting the findings of this week's CIPD/High Pay Centre report on executive pay at FTSE 100 companies, which revealed CEOs had seen an 11% pay increase in 2017.

Investment Week looks at five graphs highlighting the findings of this week's CIPD/High Pay Centre report on executive pay at FTSE 100 companies, which revealed CEOs had seen an 11% pay increase in 2017.  The report found some 68 of the FTSE 100 chief executives earned more than 100 times the average UK salary of £29,000 with the the average CEO pay increasing by 23% from £4.6m in 2016 to £5.7m in 2017. Meanwhile, the median CEO pay figure rose 11% from £3.5m to £3.9m.  When broken down by gender, the average male FTSE CEO earned 110% more than females with a salary of £5.9m compar...

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