Highest-Paid CEOs
CEO pay continues to outpace the pay of working people. In the past 10 years, CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased more than $340,000 a year to an average of $14.8 million in 2019. Meanwhile, the average production and nonsupervisory worker saw a wage increase of $836 a year, earning on average just $41,442 in 2019.
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| Ticker | Company | CEO | Year | CEO Pay Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILD | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Daniel O’Day | 2023 | $22,607,690 |
| V | Visa Inc. | Ryan McInerney | 2023 | $22,604,568 |
| GD | General Dynamics Corp. | Phebe Novakovic | 2023 | $22,582,776 |
| CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. | Ravi Kumar Current | 2023 | $22,563,405 |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Scott Santi | 2023 | $22,507,817 |
| NUE | Nucor Corp. | Leon Topalian | 2023 | $22,500,626 |
| CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. | Brian Niccol | 2023 | $22,473,427 |
| TJX | Tjx Companies Inc. | Ernie Herrman | 2024 | $22,222,769 |
| APD | Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | Seifi Ghasemi | 2023 | $22,078,099 |
| BMRN | Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | Jean-Jacques Bienaimé | 2023 | $21,976,020 |
| LVS | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Robert Goldstein | 2023 | $21,937,818 |
| RTX | Raytheon Technologies Corp. | Gregory Hayes | 2023 | $21,929,459 |
| ANTM | Elevance Health, Inc. | Gail Boudreaux | 2023 | $21,889,039 |
| EL | Estee Lauder Companies Inc. | Fabrizio Freda | 2023 | $21,811,244 |
| FOXA | Fox Corp. | Lachlan Murdoch | 2023 | $21,777,902 |
| PG | Procter & Gamble Co | Jon Moeller | 2023 | $21,715,625 |
| BKR | Baker Hughes Co | Lorenzo Simonelli | 2023 | $21,680,736 |
| PCTY | Paylocity Holding Corp. | Toby Williams | 2023 | $21,672,572 |
| CVS | CVS Health Corp. | Karen Lynch | 2023 | $21,615,034 |
| LNG | Cheniere Energy, Inc. | Jack Fusco | 2023 | $21,565,074 |