Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in South Korea emerged as the highest paid in the Asia-Pacific region, while their Indian counterparts were the lowest paid, a survey said.
Hong Kong CEOs were paid the second-highest, said the survey conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
The average base salary for CEOs in South Korea amounts to $384,123. Cash compensation, including bonuses and other payments, adds another $568,502 on average, according to the study.
CEOs in Hong Kong receive $250,707 in average base pay and $352,520 in average annual total cash, making them the second highest paid in the region.
In contrast, CEOs in the booming Indian economy are among the lowest paid with an average base salary of $89,759 and annual total cash of $111,510, on an average.
"Compensation has long been driven by such factors as historic pay levels, size of economy and competition for talent," a newspaper quoted Mercer's Steve Gross as saying
"As companies become more globally mobile, they can shift some jobs to lower-cost locations. These new considerations will have a big impact on pay levels among countries," he added.
Coming after South Korea and Hong Kong, chief executives in Singapore earn an average of $239,866 in annual base salary, but their total can be nearly double that amount, the survey said.
Compared with Taiwan, CEOs in Singapore are paid more than double what their counterparts earn - $114,914 in average base pay and $131,834 in direct cash on average.
In the Philippines, CEOs receive an average base salary of $44,496 and $51,519 in annual cash on average, about half what CEOs in Indonesia are paid. - DDNews India
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