CEO earnings are generally much more extensive than just the salary (I'm not judging, just saying). This link seems to indicate that the compensation was maybe

CEO earnings are generally much more extensive than just the salary (I'm not judging, just saying). This link seems to indicate that the compensation was maybe $4.8 million (basic compensation fiscal year 2012) to over $10 million (options, WARNING I'm not sure how to read these so just addding all of them together) http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=COST.O&officerId=64972 http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=...