According to a GM filing, Akerson's 2011 compensation was comprised of a base salary of $1.7 million and stock awards totaling about $5.95 million. Akerson was paid a total of $2.53 million in 2010, although the executive was only on the job for about four months.
Akerson helped GM to a $7.6 billion full-year profit in 2011.
Although Akerson's pay more than tripled between 2010 and 2011, the GM CEO still trails other chief executives around the industry. In comparison, Ford CEO Alan Mulally pocketed $29.5 million in 2011, an increase of 11 percent over his pay in 2010.
