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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEEP | Mobile Infrastructure Corp | Manuel Chavez | 2024 | $2,981,926 |
| SCL | Stepan Co | Luis Rojo | 2024 | $2,981,107 |
| CERS | Cerus Corp | William Greenman | 2024 | $2,975,617 |
| ISSC | Innovative Solutions & Support Inc | Shahram Askarpour | 2024 | $2,972,189 |
| AVPT | AvePoint, Inc. | Tianyi Jiang | 2024 | $2,971,548 |
| AOSL | ALPHA & OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR Ltd | Stephen Chang | 2024 | $2,969,062 |
| PBPB | Potbelly Corp | Robert Wright | 2024 | $2,966,233 |
| BTCS | BTCS Inc. | Charles Allen | 2024 | $2,963,847 |
| EQBK | Equity Bancshares Inc | Brad Elliott | 2024 | $2,958,274 |
| MERC | Mercer International Inc. | Juan Carlos Bueno | 2024 | $2,951,587 |
| RNGR | Ranger Energy Services, Inc. | Stuart Bodden | 2024 | $2,949,501 |
| MBIN | Merchants Bancorp | Michael Petrie | 2024 | $2,939,929 |
| MLP | Maui Land & Pineapple Co Inc | Race Randle | 2024 | $2,933,180 |
| GBCI | Glacier Bancorp, Inc. | Randall Chesler | 2024 | $2,932,968 |
| HFFG | HF Foods Group Inc. | Xiao Mou "Peter" Zhang | 2024 | $2,929,720 |
| INDB | Independent Bank Corp | Jeffrey Tengel | 2024 | $2,924,622 |
| GLYC | Glycomimetics Inc | Harout Semerjian | 2024 | $2,923,333 |
| ATRO | Astronics Corp | Peter Gundermann | 2024 | $2,922,993 |
| DTI | Drilling Tools International Corp | Wayne Prejean | 2024 | $2,920,147 |
| LRHC | La Rosa Holdings Corp. | Joseph La Rosa | 2024 | $2,920,106 |
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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