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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HKIT | HiTek Global Inc. | Xiaoyang Huang | 2024 | $218,358 |
| NXXT | Nextnrg, Inc. | Yehuda Levy | 2024 | $215,908 |
| FORR | Forrester Research, Inc. | George Colony | 2024 | $215,293 |
| ACIC | American Coastal Insurance Corp | Daniel Peed | 2024 | $211,150 |
| LGL | Lgl Group Inc | Timothy Foufas | 2024 | $209,275 |
| SKYQ | Sky Quarry Inc. | David Sealock | 2024 | $206,250 |
| CLPS | CLPS Inc | Raymond Ming Hui Lin | 2024 | $202,072 |
| KFFB | Kentucky First Federal Bancorp | Don Jennings | 2024 | $200,717 |
| GTEC | Greenland Technologies Holding Corp. | Raymond Wang | 2024 | $200,000 |
| NCRA | Nocera, Inc. | Andy Ching-An Jin | 2024 | $194,436 |
| NITO | N2OFF, Inc. | David Palach | 2024 | $193,932 |
| CNTM | ConnectM Technology Solutions, Inc. | Bhaskar Panigrahi | 2024 | $190,000 |
| ALX | Alexanders Inc | Steven Roth | 2024 | $189,417 |
| PAPLF | Pineapple Financial Inc. | Shubha Dasgupta | 2024 | $188,485 |
| MTC | MMTec, Inc. | Xiangdong Wen | 2024 | $186,594 |
| ABNB | Airbnb Inc | Brian Chesky | 2024 | $186,326 |
| NNE | Nano Nuclear Energy Inc. | James Walker | 2024 | $185,000 |
| NVOS | Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. | Robert Mattacchione | 2024 | $185,000 |
| NRC | National Research Corp | Michael Hays | 2024 | $184,862 |
| AIHS | Senmiao Technology Ltd | Xi Wen | 2024 | $183,716 |
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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