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Newsday's annual survey reports on the total compensation paid to the top executives at the 100 largest public companies on Long Island based on revenue. The survey also includes the 100 highest-paid executives in New York City. Additional lists look at the pay of executives of publicly held banks in the region and at New York City public companies based outside Manhattan.

Stock-option values were calculated using a Black-Scholes valuation method (a math formula to yield estimates) provided by Aon's eComp Data Services of New York City.

On Long Island, the pay figures listed in these charts are for all the named executives from the "Elite 25," the largest companies on the Island by revenue. For the other 75 companies, data for the chief executive and one additional person who was highest-paid among the officers listed can be found in charts on the following pages. For the banks and the outer-borough companies, pay is listed for the chief executive and one additional officer.

The data comes from Aon's eComp Database, www.ecomponline.com, which is operated by Aon Consulting's eComp Data Services in New York City. eComp was founded by Joshua Lurie and Ian M. Singer in 1996 and was acquired by Aon Consulting in March 2002. The database covers information on every publicly traded company that files with the Securities and Exchange Commission -- more than 10,000 companies.