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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKHY | Jack Henry & Associates Inc | David Foss | 2024 | $10,963,138 |
| ENSG | Ensign Group, Inc | Barry Port | 2024 | $10,959,932 |
| APLS | Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Cedric Francois | 2024 | $10,957,451 |
| IBRX | ImmunityBio, Inc. | Richard Adcock | 2024 | $10,954,875 |
| IOVA | Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. | Frederick Vogt | 2024 | $10,953,193 |
| WEC | WEC Energy Group Inc | Scott Lauber | 2024 | $10,948,091 |
| MHO | M/I Homes, Inc. | Robert Schottenstein | 2024 | $10,943,634 |
| INSM | INSMED Inc | William Lewis | 2024 | $10,943,571 |
| GTN | Gray Media, Inc | Hilton Howell | 2024 | $10,942,378 |
| RIG | Transocean Ltd. | Jeremy Thigpen | 2024 | $10,938,141 |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works Inc | Christopher O'Herlihy | 2024 | $10,932,645 |
| NTRS | Northern Trust Corp | Michael O’Grady | 2024 | $10,929,786 |
| KIM | Kimco Realty Corp | Conor Flynn | 2024 | $10,929,025 |
| SGI | Somnigroup International Inc. | Scott Thompson | 2024 | $10,928,579 |
| WLK | Westlake Corp | Albert Chao | 2024 | $10,923,881 |
| AYI | Acuity Inc. | Neil Ashe | 2024 | $10,894,174 |
| GWW | WW Grainger Inc | D.G. Macpherson | 2024 | $10,881,689 |
| G | Genpact LTD | Balkrishan Kalra | 2024 | $10,879,462 |
| DH | Definitive Healthcare Corp. | Kevin Coop | 2024 | $10,876,456 |
| BASE | Couchbase, Inc. | Matthew Cain | 2024 | $10,860,943 |
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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