Highest-Paid CEOs
Highest-Paid CEOs
CEO pay continues to outpace the pay of working people across the country. In the past 10 years, typical CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased by more than $4 million, to an average of $17.7 million in 2023. Meanwhile, the average U.S. worker saw a wage increase of $18,240 over the past decade, earning on average just $65,470 in 2023.
| Ticker | Company | CEO | Year | CEO Pay Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIAC | Focus Impact Acquisition Corp. | Sunny Trinh | 2023 | $1,156,863 |
| SMP | Standard Motor Products, Inc. | Eric Sills | 2023 | $1,156,478 |
| CCSI | Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc. | Scott Turicchi | 2023 | $1,156,451 |
| APT | Alpha Pro Tech Ltd | Lloyd Hoffman | 2023 | $1,154,500 |
| FRHC | Freedom Holding Corp. | Timur Turlov | 2023 | $1,154,299 |
| SPFI | South Plains Financial, Inc. | Curtis Griffith | 2023 | $1,153,312 |
| RVP | Retractable Technologies Inc. | Thomas Shaw | 2023 | $1,149,450 |
| CALM | Cal-Maine Foods Inc. | Sherman Miller | 2023 | $1,149,427 |
| OPBK | OP Bancorp | Min Kim | 2023 | $1,147,263 |
| VRME | Verifyme, Inc. | Adam Stedham | 2023 | $1,145,819 |
| SGU | Star Group, L.p. | Jeffrey Woosnam | 2023 | $1,142,505 |
| BATL | Battalion Oil Corp. | Richard Little | 2023 | $1,142,100 |
| ITI | Iteris, Inc. | Joe Bergera | 2023 | $1,141,479 |
| CRBP | Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. | Yuval Cohen | 2023 | $1,137,622 |
| CTBI | Community Trust Bancorp Inc. | Mark Gooch | 2023 | $1,137,008 |
| ARMP | Armata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Deborah Birx | 2023 | $1,133,931 |
| URG | Ur-energy Inc. | John Cash | 2023 | $1,133,845 |
| SENEA | Seneca Foods Corp. | Paul Palmby | 2023 | $1,132,606 |
| PTSI | Pam Transportation Services Inc. | Joesph Vitiritto | 2023 | $1,132,230 |
| HOOK | Hookipa Pharma Inc. | Joern Aldag | 2023 | $1,130,427 |
NOTE: For companies with more than one CEO during the year, the highest-paid CEO is included in the database. Pay ratio between CEO pay and median employee pay are displayed as disclosed by each company’s proxy statement. The CEO pay ratio may not equal the displayed CEO’s total compensation due to differing company methodologies in calculating pay ratios.
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