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Board members at major U.S. public companies earn between $405,000 and $734,000 a year. Most directors attend 6 to 10 meetings per year and spend roughly 200 hours total on board duties — putting their effective rate at $2,000 to roughly $3,670 per hour at Meta, the top-ranked board. An analysis by rentseek.ing of FY2024 SEC proxy filings shows which companies pay their non-executive directors the most.
Corporate directors oversee strategy, approve executive pay, and manage risk — but unlike CEOs, their compensation receives less public attention. This ranking of average director compensation at major U.S. public companies is drawn from FY2024 pay disclosures filed with the SEC.
Key findings:
Methodology: All figures come from the Director Compensation tables in SEC proxy filings for FY2024. Averages include all directors listed in the table, excluding the CEO. Analysis by rentseek.ing.
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