New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- India Inc's corner-office paycheques are getting bigger, and increasingly detached from what the broader workforce earns. As companies grow in scale and complexity, competition for experienced leaders and a shift towards performance-linked compensation are pushing executive remuneration higher, experts said.

But the widening gap between boardroom payouts and employee wage growth is raising questions about how corporate gains are being distributed.

A Mint analysis found that nearly 45% of executive heads across 232 BSE 500 companies earned more than 100 times their company's median employee remuneration in FY26, up from nearly 40% in FY20. Majority of them have been earning at least 80 times the median employee remu...