The extrema includes the size and scope of the company that pays those salaries, so you need to take that into account. It's generally agreed that more perform

The extrema includes the size and scope of the company that pays those salaries, so you need to take that into account. It's generally agreed that more performance-based pay with long-term goals and clawbacks on excessive failures, negligence and unethical acts is the way to go, and most companies are already shifting to this.