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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCSC | Scansource, Inc. | Michael Baur | 2024 | $5,875,799 |
| LZB | La-Z-Boy Inc | Melinda Whittington | 2024 | $5,872,110 |
| PTLO | Portillo's Inc. | Michael Osanloo | 2024 | $5,871,407 |
| TDW | Tidewater Inc | Quintin Kneen | 2024 | $5,870,091 |
| EBS | Emergent BioSolutions Inc. | Joseph Papa | 2024 | $5,862,562 |
| MTRN | MATERION Corp | Jugal Vijayvargiya | 2024 | $5,858,482 |
| BRSP | BrightSpire Capital, Inc. | Michael Mazzei | 2024 | $5,849,979 |
| CMP | Compass Minerals International Inc | Edward Dowling | 2024 | $5,845,645 |
| LBRT | Liberty Energy Inc. | Christopher Wright | 2024 | $5,836,488 |
| XOMA | XOMA Royalty Corp | Owen Hughes | 2024 | $5,833,264 |
| MIR | Mirion Technologies, Inc. | Thomas Logan | 2024 | $5,830,816 |
| WERN | Werner Enterprises Inc | Derek Leathers | 2024 | $5,824,493 |
| MKTX | MarketAxess Holdings Inc | Christopher Concannon | 2024 | $5,819,842 |
| JELD | JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. | William Christensen | 2024 | $5,816,136 |
| NRIX | Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. | Arthur Sands | 2024 | $5,812,862 |
| SONO | Sonos Inc | Patrick Spence | 2024 | $5,810,424 |
| MATW | Matthews International Corp | Joseph Bartolacci | 2024 | $5,808,360 |
| CHEF | Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | Christopher Pappas | 2024 | $5,793,249 |
| APLE | Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | Justin Knight | 2024 | $5,788,558 |
| BKH | Black Hills Corp | Linden Evans | 2024 | $5,787,141 |
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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