Golden parachutes are disappearing and pay is slipping for chief executives at the nation's biggest listed companies as activist investors and law changes act as a brake on executive remuneration.

But the bosses of our biggest companies still get paid 63 times the typical worker's wage for a full-time week.

While the number of chief executives who received a bonus rose from 82 per cent to 87 per cent, the average bonus slipped 7.2 per cent to $1.22 million. Credit:Jessica Shaprio

These are the key findings from the latest annual survey on executive pay from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors.