The visualization on this page allows you to see, at a glance, change over time in independent director pay at the top 50 companies. The visualization can be sorted by percentage change in median independent director pay, percentage change in highest independent director pay, or simply alphabetically by company.
There was a large range in the change reflected between the first year of data available (generally 2006) and the last year available (2012). Median independent director pay went up as much as 208.3 percent (at American Capital Agency) and down as much as 44.1 percent (at Google). Overall, 37 of the top 50 showed increases over time and 13 showed decreases.
Highest independent director pay went up as much as 207.7 percent (at Coca-Cola) and down as much as 49.1 percent (at Bank of America). Overall, 31 of the top 50 showed increases over time and 19 showed decreases.
