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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBI | Pitney Bowes Inc | Lance Rosenzweig | 2024 | $10,465,392 |
| VSTS | Vestis Corp | Kim Scott | 2024 | $10,448,954 |
| BL | Blackline, Inc. | Therese Tucker | 2024 | $10,413,629 |
| CNO | CNO Financial Group, Inc. | Gary Bhojwani | 2024 | $10,403,588 |
| CMS | CMS Energy Corp | Garrick Rochow | 2024 | $10,401,409 |
| PK | Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. | Thomas Baltimore | 2024 | $10,399,192 |
| SHC | Sotera Health Co | Michael Petras, | 2024 | $10,392,468 |
| HEI | Heico Corp | Laurans Mendelson | 2024 | $10,382,143 |
| MMSI | Merit Medical Systems Inc | Fred Lampropoulos | 2024 | $10,381,624 |
| MUR | Murphy Oil Corp | Roger Jenkins | 2024 | $10,376,263 |
| PRGS | Progress Software Corp | Yogesh Gupta | 2024 | $10,374,886 |
| SJM | J M Smucker Co | Mark Smucker | 2024 | $10,367,569 |
| AXSM | Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | Herriot Tabuteau | 2024 | $10,364,688 |
| PFGC | Performance Food Group Co | George Holm | 2024 | $10,363,049 |
| AMH | American Homes 4 Rent | David Singelyn | 2024 | $10,350,885 |
| SEM | Select Medical Holdings Corp | David Chernow | 2024 | $10,311,733 |
| AAP | Advance Auto Parts Inc | Shane O'Kelly | 2024 | $10,303,636 |
| USAC | USA Compression Partners, LP | Eric Long | 2024 | $10,295,925 |
| FROG | JFrog Ltd | Shlomi Ben Haim | 2024 | $10,292,799 |
| WAL | Western Alliance Bancorporation | Kenneth Vecchione | 2024 | $10,275,160 |
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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