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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMG | Warner Music Group Corp. | Robert Kyncl | 2024 | $18,632,606 |
| DAY | Dayforce Inc | David Ossip | 2024 | $18,596,544 |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corp | Vicki Hollub | 2024 | $18,535,061 |
| SNEX | StoneX Group Inc. | Charles Lyon | 2024 | $18,527,715 |
| ABBV | AbbVie Inc | Robert Michael | 2024 | $18,492,517 |
| LILA | Liberty Latin America Ltd. | Balan Nair | 2024 | $18,487,068 |
| COR | Cencora Inc | Steven Collis | 2024 | $18,475,171 |
| PHM | PulteGroup Inc | Ryan Marshall | 2024 | $18,437,168 |
| UNM | Unum Group | Richard McKenney | 2024 | $18,393,061 |
| BA | Boeing Co/The | Robert Ortberg | 2024 | $18,388,629 |
| CZR | Caesars Entertainment Inc | Thomas Reeg | 2024 | $18,371,934 |
| IRM | Iron Mountain Inc | William Meaney | 2024 | $18,363,886 |
| IOT | Samsara Inc. | Sanjit Biswas | 2024 | $18,356,993 |
| IT | Gartner Inc | Eugene Hall | 2024 | $18,352,293 |
| HAL | Halliburton Co | Jeffrey Miller | 2024 | $18,326,343 |
| TNET | Trinet Group, Inc. | Michael Simonds | 2024 | $18,321,987 |
| FTV | Fortive Corp | James Lico | 2024 | $18,313,164 |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc | Vimal Kapur | 2024 | $18,277,193 |
| WOOF | Petco Health & Wellness Company, Inc. | Joel Anderson | 2024 | $18,258,291 |
| ASTH | Astrana Health, Inc. | Brandon Sim | 2024 | $18,242,585 |
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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