BizJournals.com has just released a list of where to find the highest-paid CEOs in the country. You’ll be flying coast-to-coast, but will be making a few stops in between.
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Get Your Report Now!Where will you find the highest paid CEOs in the land? Go to Southern Connecticut, which rates highest at an average $217,080. Ride down Interstate 95 to New York City and New Jersey, number 2 at $217,280 or take a short ride up Route 7 and you’ll find number 8, Danbury, Connecticut, coming in at $207, 720. You’ll also have to venture over to the Left Coast to find the CEOs in California and Washington.
Here are the top 16 named in the article based on 2009 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn., $217,080
- New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J., $215,280
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif., $214,580
- Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, Calif., $210,780
- Durham, N.C., $210,380
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif., $209,690
- Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash., $209,070
- Danbury, Conn., $207,720
- Asheville, N.C., $207,230
- Albuquerque, N.M., $204,890
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, N.J., $203,170
- San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif., $201,280
- Newark-Union, N.J.-Pa., $201,180
- Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J., $201,020
- Goldsboro, N.C., $200,700
- Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas, $200,660