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- Costco CEO Craig Jelinek earned total compensation of more than $16.8 million in 2023, per SEC filings.
- The median employee earned $50,202 in annual pay and benefits, up from $45,450 in 2022.
- Jelinek's pay ratio works out to 336 times that of the median worker, up from 218 last year.
For Craig Jelinek's final year as Costco CEO, the 71-year-old is going out with a financial bang.