The pay packets of management are back in the spotlight with news that the average salary of chief executives in Australian chief executives has risen by about three hundred per cent over the last couple of decades and that within the top 50 companies it is now 70 times average earnings versus the 20 times multiple of twenty years ago. https://www.financialstandard.com.au/feed/latest?story=15062 en-AU Copyright 2026 Financial Standard 5