Special Report: Executive pay

ByABC News
May 1, 2009, 1:25 AM

— -- Total pay packages for CEOs took a hit in 2008.

A USA TODAY analysis of executive compensation data provided by the Associated Press found that the median salary of a CEO running an S&P 500 company rose 3% last year to surpass $1 million. (Story)

But, the median bonus and other incentive cash dropped 27% to $1.3 million, and total compensation was down 7% to $7.6 million.

The interactive chart above lets you sort CEO compensation for 387 companies by industry, company, CEO name and amount