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First look at health CEOs’ 2018 pay

My colleague Bob Herman has been busy digging through newly filed proxy documents for large health care corporations, which provide a glimpse into how much top executives made in 2018.

Between the lines: CEO pay in this analysis is based on actual realized gains of stock. Bob compared those numbers, as well as the average median employee compensation, to 2017’s results. Here’s how it stacks up:

Intuitive Surgical

• CEO Gary Guthart: $99.2 million (up 210% from 2017)
• Median employee: $163,552 (up 4% from 2017)

Johnson & Johnson

• CEO Alex Gorsky: $46.4 million (up 55% from 2017)
• Median employee: $75,000 (up 14% from 2017)

AbbVie

• CEO Richard Gonzalez: $28.5 million (down 62% from 2017)
• Median employee: $148,823 (down 5% from 2017)

Humana

• CEO Bruce Broussard: $27.2 million (down 20% from 2017)
• Median employee: $70,498 (up 23% from 2017)

Centene

• CEO Michael Neidorff: $21.1 million (down 15% from 2017)
• Median employee: $66,021 (down 1% from 2017)