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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRPH | ProPhase Labs, Inc. | Ted Karkus | 2024 | $2,123,200 |
| KEQU | Kewaunee Scientific Corp | Thomas Hull | 2024 | $2,120,403 |
| HIBB | Hibbett Inc | Michael Longo | 2024 | $2,119,452 |
| AMWL | American Well Corp | Ido Schoenberg | 2024 | $2,115,004 |
| ABUS | Arbutus Biopharma Corp | Michael McElhaugh | 2024 | $2,110,083 |
| ADAP | Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC | Adrian Rawcliffe | 2024 | $2,109,075 |
| CPF | Central Pacific Financial Corp | Arnold Martines | 2024 | $2,106,033 |
| IIIN | Insteel Industries Inc | Howard Woltz | 2024 | $2,104,016 |
| INVE | Identiv, Inc. | Kirsten Newquist | 2024 | $2,101,455 |
| WHG | Westwood Holdings Group Inc | Brian Casey | 2024 | $2,101,369 |
| ORMP | Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Nadav Kidron | 2024 | $2,097,689 |
| SFBS | ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. | Thomas Broughton | 2024 | $2,093,028 |
| CPRT | Copart Inc | Jeffrey Liaw | 2024 | $2,092,340 |
| VXRT | Vaxart, Inc. | Steven Lo | 2024 | $2,085,768 |
| BDSX | Biodesix Inc | Scott Hutton | 2024 | $2,084,873 |
| FPI | Farmland Partners Inc. | Luca Fabbri | 2024 | $2,083,836 |
| JOUT | Johnson Outdoors Inc | Helen Johnson-Leipold | 2024 | $2,081,320 |
| NET | Cloudflare, Inc. | Matthew Prince | 2024 | $2,081,094 |
| EXFY | Expensify, Inc. | David Barrett | 2024 | $2,080,755 |
| FRME | First Merchants Corp | Mark Hardwick | 2024 | $2,079,268 |
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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