Key Takeaways
- 84% of U.S. employers offered health insurance benefits in 2023.
- Average employer-sponsored health insurance premium for single coverage was $8,435 in 2023.
- 50% of private sector workers had access to paid sick leave in March 2023.
- Median tech industry salary $112,000 in San Francisco 2023.
- Oil and gas extraction average wage $128,900 annually in 2023.
- Finance and insurance sector median $72,560 in 2023.
- In 2023, median total CEO compensation at S&P 500 companies reached $16.3 million, up 12.6% from 2022.
- S&P 500 CEO realized compensation averaged $14.8 million in fiscal 2022, driven by stock awards.
- Top-paid CEO Elon Musk earned $0 salary but $23.5 billion in compensation via Tesla stock options in 2018.
- Gender pay gap in U.S. stood at 16% in 2023 for full-time workers.
- CEO-to-worker pay ratio widened to 344-to-1 in largest U.S. firms 2023.
- Remote workers earned 20% higher median salaries than on-site in 2023.
- U.S. median weekly earnings for full-time wage and salary workers were $1,118 in Q4 2023.
- Average annual salary for software developers in U.S. was $127,260 in 2023.
- Registered nurses median annual wage $81,220 as of May 2023.
In 2023, employers expanded benefits like health insurance and matches, even as pay inequality persisted.
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