Median CEO Pay Passed $10 Million in 2013

Median CEO pay crossed into 10 figures for the first time in 2013, according to a new Associated Press/Equilar study, coming in at a record $10.5 million, up 8.8 percent from just one year earlier.

By comparison, the average U.S. employee got a 1.3 percent raise last year. The study also found that CEOs now earn 257 times the national average, up from 181 times the national average in 2009.

The top 10 highest-paid CEOs in 2013 were: (media companies are bold)

1. Anthony Petrello, Nabors Industries (oil services), $68.2 million
2. Leslie Moonves, CBS, $65.6 million
3. Richard Adkerson, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, $55.3 million
4. Stephen Kaufer, TripAdvisor, $39 million
5. Philippe Dauman, Viacom, $37.2 million
6. Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, $36.3 million
7. Robert Iger, Walt Disney, $34.3 million
8. David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $33.3 million
9. Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner, $32.5 million
10. Brian Roberts, Comcast, $31.4 million