Average chief CEO Salary- Make $13 million dollars as an executive

Compensation resources and salary research disclose executive compensation employee, executive bonus, compensation and benefits for chief executive officer,and other executive salaries to be above average wages...far above all of us, even the average salary worker at the White House is paid far less.

If your mother always told you to marry a doctor or lawyer she may have given you bad advice if you were seeking a well paid spouse. She should have advised you to marry an executive officer of a corporation.

The average family physician in the United States brings in around $150,000 year and a lawyer will make about the same. The president of the United States makes $400,000 with some nice perks to boot, but the big payola comes from an executive officer of a corporation.

So if you are unemployed and thinking of a career change or are an opportunistic husband hunter- why not raise the bar...CEO's are the way to go baby!

When you bring home your pay at the end of the month and write your check to the cable company, your credit card company, and your electric bill-- take solace in knowing that there are those who watch over our finances, entertain us, keep our cars fueled up, help us plan those vacations, manage our credit cards...all with great motivation to keep your dollars coming their way! They must be doing their job well too! After all, we are paid what we are worth right?

The most impressive on the list is CBS Mr. Leslie Moonves , age 59, Chief Executive Officer, President and raking in a cool $ 13.01MILLION dollars a year! Congratulations Mr. Moonves for a job well done! You bring us fine entertainment each year. And to make sure we stay connected to our television, Comcast executive, Mr. Brian L. Roberts , age 49 Chairman, Chief Exececutive Officer, President of Comcast Holdings Corp. bringing in a little less that Mr. Moonves at $11.04 MILLION dollars...we salute you for the value you bring to the United States public viewing audience! Well done sir!

But wait there's more...

• Time Warner Mr. Jeff Bewkes ,56 Chairman and CEO $ 9.35M
• Time Warner Mr. John Martin Jr.,CFO and Exec. VP $ 3.15M
• Bank of America Mr. Kenneth D. Lewis , 61 $1.5M
  CEO Pres, Director, Member of Exec. Committee, Chairman of Merrill Lynch & Co, Chairman of Bank of America N A, Chief Exec. Officer of Bank of America N A and Pres of Bank of America N A
• American Express Mr. Kenneth I. Chenault , 57 $ 7.36M
  Chairman, CEO, Member of Operating Committee, Chairman of American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc and Chief Exec. Officer of American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc
• American Express Mr. Alfred F. Kelly Jr., 49 $ 4.97M
  Pres, Head of Global Consumer Group and Member of Operating Committee
• American Express Mr. Edward P. Gilligan , 49 $ 5.45M
  Vice Chairman and Member of Operating Committee
  
• CitiGroup Mr. James Forese , 46 $ 5.49M
  Head of Sales & Trading/Capital Markets and Member of Operating Committee
• CitiGroup Mr. Stephen R. Volk , 72 $ 4.10M
  Vice Chairman and Member of Operating Committee
• JP Morgan Chase Mr. Michael J. Cavanagh , 42 $ 2.50M
  CFO, Exec. VP and Member of Operating Committee
• JP Morgan Chase Mr. Charles W. Scharf , 43 $ 2.50M
  CEO of Retail Financial Services and Member of Operating Committee
• JP Morgan Chase Mr. Gordon A. Smith , 51 $ 2.50M
  CEO of Card Services and Member of Operating Committee
• EXXON Mobile Mr. Rex W. Tillerson ,56 $ 5.87M

  Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Chairman of Fin. Committee and Chairman of Exec. Committee

• General Electric Mr. Jeffrey Immelt , 53 $ 3.30M
  Exec. Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Member of Public Responsibilities Committee
• General Electric Mr. Keith S. Sherin , 50 $ 6.61M
  Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
• General Electric Mr. Mike Neal , 55 $ 7.48M
  Vice Chairman, Chairman of GE Capital and Chief Exec. Officer of GE Capital
• General Electric Mr. John G. Rice , 52 $ 9.97M
  Vice Chairman, CEO of GE Technology Infrastructure and Pres of GE Technology Infrastructure
• Kellog Company Mr. A. D. David MacKay , 53 $ 3.74M
  Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Director and Member of Exec. Committee
• CBS Dr. Sumner M. Redstone , 85 $ 6.50M
  Founder and Exec. Chairman
• CBS Mr. Leslie Moonves , 59 $ 13.01M
  Chief Exec. Officer, Pres
• Microsoft Mr. Stephen A. Elop , 45 $ 3.48M
  Pres of Microsoft Bus. Division
• Dell Mr. Brian T. Gladden , 44 $ 3.01M
  Chief Financial Officer and Sr. VP
• Comcast Mr. Brian L. Roberts , 49 $ 11.04M
  Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Pres of Comcast Holdings Corp.

If you are ever in doubt that we, the American Public, pay well for those who run our publically held corporations, you can entertain yourself by going to Yahoo Finance and clicking on "company profile" to find out what your CEO is paid. It is quite an eye opening experieince.

According to a CNBC report on the highest paid executives of 2008-

The top of the list is Sanjay K. Jha - $104.4 million (Co-CEO).

For the top 15 executives of 2008