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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKSO | Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. | Scott Davis | 2024 | $473,017 |
| HIT | Health In Tech, Inc. | Tim Johnson | 2024 | $466,500 |
| EDSA | Edesa Biotech, Inc. | Pardeep Nijhawan | 2024 | $464,728 |
| OGEN | Oragenics Inc | Joseph Redmond | 2024 | $464,141 |
| MAYS | Mays J W Inc | Lloyd Shulman | 2024 | $463,547 |
| INSG | Inseego Corp. | Ashish Sharma | 2024 | $462,995 |
| PRPO | Precipio, Inc. | Ilan Danieli | 2024 | $462,102 |
| DRMA | Dermata Therapeutics, Inc. | Gerald Proehl | 2024 | $461,973 |
| AYRO | AYRO, Inc. | Joshua Silverman | 2024 | $460,132 |
| PESI | Perma Fix Environmental Services Inc | Mark Duff | 2024 | $456,461 |
| UTMD | Utah Medical Products Inc | Kevin Cornwell | 2024 | $455,080 |
| WVVI | Willamette Valley Vineyards Inc | Bernau James | 2024 | $451,219 |
| MYSZ | My Size, Inc. | Ronen Luzon | 2024 | $451,000 |
| SBIG | SpringBig Holdings, Inc. | Jeffrey Harris | 2024 | $450,000 |
| FTEK | Fuel Tech, Inc. | Vincent Arnone | 2024 | $449,483 |
| HQI | HireQuest, Inc. | Richard Hermanns | 2024 | $449,116 |
| VCNX | Vaccinex, Inc. | Maurice Zauderer | 2024 | $447,988 |
| INBS | Intelligent Bio Solutions Inc. | Harry Simeonidis | 2024 | $446,622 |
| PMDI | Psychemedics Corp | Brian Hullinger | 2024 | $446,418 |
| AMPG | AmpliTech Group, Inc. | Fawad Maqbool | 2024 | $446,154 |
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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