Research Reports
Director Compensation
2024 Director Compensation Report
Research Report | By Tahmid Ali, Matt Lum
FW Cook's 2024 Director Compensation Report studies non-employee director compensation practices at 300 companies of various sizes and industries to analyze market practices in pay levels and program structure. At the median, year-over-year increases in total director compensation – observed to be meaningfully more muted than prior year trends.
2023 Director Compensation Report
Research Report | By Rachel Chiu
FW Cook’s 2023 Director Compensation Report studies non-employee director compensation at 300 companies of various sizes and industries to analyze market practices in pay levels and program structure.
2022 Director Compensation Report
Research Report | By Tyler Janney, Michael Kenney, Stafford Schmidt
FW Cook’s 2022 Director Compensation Report studies non-employee director compensation at 300 U.S. public companies of various sizes and industries to analyze market practices in pay levels and program structure.
2021 Director Compensation Report
Research Report | By Jose Furman, Alex Swan, Eric Henken
FW Cook’s 2021 Director Compensation Report studies non-employee director compensation at 300 companies of various sizes and industries to analyze market practices in pay levels and program structure.
2020 Director Compensation Report
Research Report | By Stephan Bosshard
FW Cook’s 2020 Director Compensation Report studies non-employee director compensation at 300 companies of various sizes and industries to analyze market practices in pay levels and program structure.
2019 Director Compensation Report
Research Report | By Andrew Platt, Ted Simmon, Tahmid Ali, Sara Salzbank
FW Cook’s 2019 Director Compensation Report studies non-employee director compensation at 300 companies of various sizes and industries to analyze market practices in pay levels and program structure.
2018 Director Compensation Report
Research Report | By Alexa Kierzkowski
FW Cook’s 2018 Director Compensation Report studies non-employee director compensation at 300 companies of various sizes and industries to analyze market practices in pay levels and program structure. Median pay key findings include...
2017 Director Compensation Report
Research Report | By Todd Krauser, Celinna Ho
FW Cook’s 2017 Director Compensation Report studies non-employee director compensation at 300 companies of various sizes and industries to analyze market practices in pay levels and program structure.
2016 Director Compensation Report
Research Report | By Eric Graves, Tom Kohn, Eric Winikoff
FW Cook’s 2016 Director Compensation Report studies non-employee director compensation at 300 companies of various sizes and industries to analyze market practices in pay levels and program structure.
2015 Director Compensation Report
Research Report | By Alec Lentz
FW Cook studied non-employee director compensation programs at 300 companies of various sizes and industries. This report summarizes pay levels and program structure. We observe a 4% year-over-year increase in total pay at the median, along with a growing preference for simplicity that began several years ago at large-cap companies and is now common throughout the market.