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CEO Pay Statistics: Typical CEO Pay Up 6% To $9.6 Million

We had spotted CEO Pay stats in the past - we spotted this today:

"The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.

That was up more than 6 percent from the previous year, and is the second year in a row of increases. The figure is also the highest since the AP began tracking executive compensation in 2006."

Read more: http://business.time.com/2012/05/25/study-typical-ceo-pay-up-6-to-9-6-million/"

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