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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASO | Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. | Steve Lawrence | 2024 | $8,661,073 |
| NSIT | Insight Enterprises Inc | Joyce Mullen | 2024 | $8,658,843 |
| NFG | National Fuel Gas Co | David Bauer | 2024 | $8,653,166 |
| LAW | CS Disco, Inc. | Eric Friedrichsen | 2024 | $8,651,343 |
| LBRDA | Liberty Broadband Corp | Gregory Maffei | 2024 | $8,648,553 |
| ISPR | Ispire Technology Inc. | Michael Wang | 2024 | $8,647,904 |
| ALK | Alaska Air Group, Inc. | Ben Minicucci | 2024 | $8,645,983 |
| HG | Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. | Pina Albo | 2024 | $8,645,000 |
| REYN | Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. | Lance Mitchell | 2024 | $8,642,216 |
| MORN | Morningstar, Inc. | Kunal Kapoor | 2024 | $8,635,625 |
| RPAY | Repay Holdings Corp | John Morris | 2024 | $8,614,814 |
| TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | John Romano | 2024 | $8,608,165 |
| MEDP | Medpace Holdings, Inc. | August Troendle | 2024 | $8,600,016 |
| WS | Worthington Steel, Inc. | Geoffrey Gilmore | 2024 | $8,592,816 |
| EMBC | Embecta Corp. | Dev Kurdikar | 2024 | $8,587,473 |
| AWK | American Water Works Co Inc | Susan Hardwick | 2024 | $8,580,730 |
| KOS | Kosmos Energy Ltd. | Andrew Inglis | 2024 | $8,580,195 |
| NDSN | Nordson Corp | Sundaram Nagarajan | 2024 | $8,566,276 |
| IMVT | Immunovant, Inc. | Peter Salzmann | 2024 | $8,552,430 |
| NBIX | Neurocrine Biosciences Inc | Kyle Gano | 2024 | $8,535,422 |
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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