This is total pay, not salary based compensation. Total pay includes equity grants, which will increase if the company does well, thus will correlate with stoc

This is total pay, not salary based compensation. Total pay includes equity grants, which will increase if the company does well, thus will correlate with stock performance. The total pay can also be manipulated by CEO's targeting short term stock gains over long term growth, which is why more companies are looking at longer vests or clawbacks for equity compensation.