The CEO of my company announced today that the board approved a special bonus payment. All full-time employees will be granted about $2,000 worth of restricted stock units, which will vest on March 14, 2009. On that date, each unit will convert to a share of stock and will be available to sell. It’s ... Continue reading this article…

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I mentioned in the notes for my latest balance sheet that I’ve received my yearly raise and bonus. Here are some details. My bonus appears in today’s paycheck. My “2005 Annual Incentive Award” amounts to $2,848, or 7.18 percent of my 2005 base salary. Note than I am a “non-exempt” employee and I get ... Continue reading this article…

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Which muscal acts raked in the most money last year? If you’re an incredibly popular band or act and you tour, revenues are high. The band may not see all of that money — it goes to a number of different people like managers, promoters, agents, etc. — but the numbers are staggering ... Continue reading this article…

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There’s talk around town that paycheck growth will be seeing acceleration soon. Those economists say that that wage increases follow productivity increases after some time, so we’re due for some good news.

Speaking of salaries, if you’re a supermodel you’re doing well. Forbes raided the tax returns of several powerful celebrities and discovered these ... Continue reading this article…

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Are you an underearner? The general consensus for increasings savings in financial advice circles is to rein in your spending, since the expense side of the equation is easier to manage than the income side. You can cut back your spending on cable television by 50 percent, but getting an equivalent 50 percent increase in ... Continue reading this article…

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Incomes are going up somewhat, but they’re going up much faster for high-income families. A report by the Economic Policy Institute provides state-by-state details to show you just how much those in the executive suite are sweeping the floor with the underlings. CNN helpfully compiled the data into tables which allow you to drill through ... Continue reading this article…

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I’ve noticed there’s been a number of stories in the news lately about working and salary. Here’s another, this time from the Wall Street Journal, who asks if wage inequality is worsening. About 11 percent of income (and that’s not counting capital gains) went to the best-off 0.5 percent of Americans in 2002; 25 years ... Continue reading this article…

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking a look at CEO compensation again, and this time they’ve proposing new disclosure rules. Companies would be required to fully disclose all forms of compensation in a way that is understandable. I think it’s safe to say that corporations will always find a way to bend the rules ... Continue reading this article…

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At the moment I’m writing this entry, 85 percent of respondents to an informal CNN Money survey say they’d be willing to take a pay cut if the situation was right, while the other 15 percent would not consider such a move. According to Jeanne Sahadi, who speaks from personal experience, there are situations where taking a pay ... Continue reading this article…

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I heard this on the radio yesterday, but I couldn’t find it online as I was looking at the wrong magazine. (It appeared in New York Magazine, not The New Yorker.) If you’ve ever wanted a good idea of how much money various people in New York City make, New York Magazine has conducted an ... Continue reading this article…

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