CEO Pay: Here's Why Top Execs Just Can't Lose

FORTUNE -- If you could bluff your way into an S&P 500 CEO job, how many days would you have to rough it to earn your current annual pay? You'd rack up $24,473 per day 365 days a year if you were just middle of the pack, according to a recent GMI study of S&P 500 CEO pay in 2010. Your annual earnings on a weekly basis would be more than $171,000; for 60 days, that'd be a cool $1.5 million.