US-based companies have staked their claim to the biggest salaries in the ASX, with five out of the top 10 highest earners this year CEOs of US-domiciled companies, according ACSI’s latest research. It’s the first time in the history of this study that CEOs outside Australia have taken half of the top ten spots, although US-based CEOs have always featured.

ACSI’s 24th annual survey of CEO pay in Australia’s largest listed companies finds termination payments to CEOs of Australia’s largest listed companies have shrunk to their lowest levels in 15 years.

CEO pay levels have decreased in many of Australia’s listed companies, but bonuses have become the norm, our annual examination of CEO pay reveals. Over the past year, a CEO is more likely to lose their job than their bonus.