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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DLPN | Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. | William O’Dowd | 2024 | $683,598 |
| SBFG | Sb Financial Group, Inc. | Mark Klein | 2024 | $681,704 |
| SRXH | SRx Health Solutions, Inc. | Kent Cunningham | 2024 | $681,262 |
| OVBC | Ohio Valley Banc Corp | Larry Miller II | 2024 | $679,448 |
| BSBK | Bogota Financial Corp. | Kevin Pace | 2024 | $677,786 |
| XBIO | Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. | Jeffrey Eisenberg | 2024 | $673,143 |
| PVBC | Provident Bancorp, Inc. | Carol Houle | 2024 | $673,100 |
| SONM | Sonim Technologies Inc | Peter Hao Liu | 2024 | $672,918 |
| STRR | Star Equity Holdings, Inc. | Richard Coleman | 2024 | $672,501 |
| CGEH | Capstone Green Energy Holdings, Inc. | Darren Jamison | 2024 | $670,622 |
| NIXX | Nixxy, Inc. | Granger Whitelaw | 2024 | $670,500 |
| SPOT | Spotify Technology S.A. | Daniel Ek | 2024 | $667,308 |
| BATL | Battalion Oil Corp | Matthew Steele | 2024 | $662,670 |
| AFBI | Affinity Bancshares, Inc. | Edward Cooney | 2024 | $660,604 |
| COUR | Coursera, Inc. | Jeffrey Maggioncalda | 2024 | $660,000 |
| EGAN | EGAIN Corp | Ashutosh Roy | 2024 | $659,320 |
| UAMY | United States Antimony Corp | Gary Evans | 2024 | $658,740 |
| SMBC | Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. | Greg Steffens | 2024 | $653,666 |
| PEBK | Peoples Bancorp Of North Carolina Inc | Lance Sellers | 2024 | $653,628 |
| MNTK | Montauk Renewables, Inc. | Sean McClain | 2024 | $653,377 |
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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