This COMPUSTAT file contain historical data on executive compensation for over 16,000 U.S. corporate executives for the 1992-2000 period. A separate dataset lists the firms with which the executives are associated. These datasets are available for download in Stata, SAS (version 8 for Unix), and SPSS formats.
Stata format (in gzipped form):
Company names file | Executive compensation file 13 Mb
Company names file | Executive compensation file 17 Mb
SPSS format (in gzipped form):
Company names file | Executive compensation file 17 Mb