How many vice presidents do big (e.g. Fortune 500) companies typically have?

Everyone in the "financial services" is a vice president. It is a title given to salesman to make them sound important to naïve prospective customers.

In other industries, it may mean more.

Being a vice president is so impressive that academics will research and inquire about your professional whereabouts.

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Being a vice president is so impressive that academics will research and inquire about your professional whereabouts.

Do you know what the word whereabouts means?

It is somewhat impressive to be a VP at our company, but it really depends on what function area and location. I would estimate that we have around 200 for over 125,000 employees. Pay ranges quite dramatically from ~150K-1mil+. I am a director and probably make more than 40% of the VPs to illustrate the broad range.

I work for a Fortune 500 company - somewhere around Fortune 480 in a midwest city. Our breakdown is as follows:VPs around 20 with salary of $160k - 260K. Bonus and stock is worth 100% of base (i.e. total compentation is $300 to $500k, but the stock is tied-up for years).Senior VP - about 7 with salary of $200k - 350K. Bonus and stock is worth 125% of base.Executive VP - 5 with salary of $400k - 700K. Bonus and stock is worth 200% - 400% of base.

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It is somewhat impressive to be a VP at our company, but it really depends on what function area and location. I would estimate that we have around 200 for over 125,000 employees. Pay ranges quite dramatically from ~150K-1mil+. I am a director and probably make more than 40% of the VPs to illustrate the broad range.

At my corporation, a Senior VP is two levels above a VP (with General Manager in between), so you can't necessarily draw your conclusion there.

I'm a Director, one notch down from VP (and don't expect to ever get to VP), and make a little over $300K most years, but could make well over $350K in a good year.