Average Salary Of CEOs In India

Deloitte India Survey 2024, saw an increase of 40 per cent in CEOs average salary as compared to pre-Covid times.

[{"selector":"#anim-37deaa88-24a2-4ef3-a1a4-d3cd566bbb45 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-111fc1d4-b2a1-4b0f-bdfd-923cb384b9c4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-562f1f6d-8f63-4615-8dd9-82e38f52fae7","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 151.76410%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

Of this remuneration, more than half is linked to short-term and long-term incentives.

[{"selector":"#anim-bfc2f2fe-f7f6-475e-9c44-778bac7bd218","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b0611ab1-f7ed-4c6d-8db5-97ac6f84804b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 151.76410%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1dd31506-5258-4631-8655-2527bbc342e9 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

As per the report, over 50 per cent of target compensation is 'pay-at- risk'.

[{"selector":"#anim-07a2cdb4-79d0-407e-8730-b85e5dcf01a0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a9e60bdf-62e9-4422-8864-86e7b7f6a9de","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 186.17567%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-41be6f65-8494-45ac-b0a0-320f22aa4868 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Learn more

For professional CEOs, pay-at- risk is 57 percent, whereas for promoter CEOs it is 47 per cent.

[{"selector":"#anim-a24577c3-6a39-40d1-b45d-9169e9732026","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e634f347-b02f-45d5-88b3-669c9bb1165f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 186.17567%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-871cae42-dcd5-489e-9e05-8214e0d6ee43 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Learn more

The average salary of a CEO in India stood at ₹13.8 crore, as per Deloitte India Survey 2024.

[{"selector":"#anim-6a3fd47d-b299-4c23-a795-a372aaf0b96a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-29643ffa-ec25-4611-84fa-baf4f3ee1880","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 186.17567%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-dd71d58b-85d0-4bc5-8482-60439e44f70d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Learn more

CEOs who are also promoters or members of the promoter family get paid 16.7 crore on average.

[{"selector":"#anim-b794d9ee-96f8-4305-9dfa-0dce227c9a80","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-88a6395b-bfe9-4df2-8678-087608489750","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 186.17567%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1239ff81-ebc3-4fa3-be01-1485cd901b50 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, -0.00036165049223058077%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Professional CEOs have 25 per cent of their target compensation delivered through long-term incentives like share-linked incentives.

[{"selector":"#anim-2548ca01-6673-4ba1-994b-39e264ae7efe","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-07b78b09-53ad-4f70-8964-3be9f290ccf3","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 138.88891%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d2a461e3-ccdf-4fbc-a601-4b4de819f82b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-7.619047678488871%, -8.125000300869747%) scale(1.3333333333333333)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Learn more