The 30 highest-paid CEOs in retail

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Estée Lauder CEO Fabrizio Freda earned $48.8 million in total compensation in 2018, according to the AFL-CIO.

• The 30 highest-paid retail CEOs each earned upwards of $15 million in total compensation in 2018, according to new data.
• Some of the top-paid CEOs work for companies including Tesla, Walmart, BJ's Wholesale Club, PepsiCo, and Gap.
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Some of the highest-paid chief executives in the US work for retail companies including Walmart, BJ's Wholesale Club, PepsiCo, and Gap, according to new data from The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest group of labor unions in the US.

Overall, the 30 top-paid retail CEOs each earned upwards of $15 million in total compensation in 2018, according to the data, which is based on company proxy statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Here's a list of the 30 retail CEOs who earned the most in 2018, according to the AFL-CIO's report.