Elon Musk's compensation is setting new benchmarks for S&P 500 executive pay. Average CEO pay rose significantly, even as employee wages are facing pressure from artificial intelligence and labor board policies. Shareholder support for special executive awards is showing signs of decline.

Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla have both approved compensation rewards that would add billions to the world’s largest fortune.

Tech billionaire’s $158.3bn deal an outlier in report showing widening gap of CEO to worker pay at top companies