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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRC | Tejon Ranch Co | Gregory Bielli | 2024 | $5,414,528 |
| AZZ | Azz Inc | Thomas Ferguson | 2024 | $5,407,269 |
| GDEN | Golden Entertainment, Inc. | Blake Sartini | 2024 | $5,404,137 |
| INN | Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. | Jonathan Stanner | 2024 | $5,393,317 |
| ALTI | AlTi Global, Inc. | Michael Tiedemann | 2024 | $5,391,242 |
| ASLE | AerSale Corp | Nicolas Finazzo | 2024 | $5,388,760 |
| FHB | First Hawaiian, Inc. | Robert Harrison | 2024 | $5,377,973 |
| CNM | Core & Main, Inc. | Stephen LeClair | 2024 | $5,374,470 |
| VEL | Velocity Financial, Inc. | Christopher Farrar | 2024 | $5,374,001 |
| LWAY | Lifeway Foods, Inc. | Julie Smolyansky | 2024 | $5,372,124 |
| CBZ | CBIZ, Inc. | Jerome Grisko | 2024 | $5,367,621 |
| JWN | Nordstrom Inc | Erik Nordstrom | 2024 | $5,367,016 |
| UEC | Uranium Energy Corp | Amir Adnani | 2024 | $5,365,453 |
| CURV | Torrid Holdings Inc. | Elizabeth Muoz-Guzman | 2024 | $5,344,403 |
| ECPG | Encore Capital Group Inc | Ashish Masih | 2024 | $5,335,337 |
| AMAL | Amalgamated Financial Corp. | Priscilla Sims Brown | 2024 | $5,334,658 |
| TIL | Instil Bio, Inc. | Bronson Crouch | 2024 | $5,323,858 |
| OXM | Oxford Industries Inc | Thomas Chubb | 2024 | $5,315,173 |
| CTRI | Centuri Holdings, Inc. | William Fehrman | 2024 | $5,311,609 |
| JBSS | Sanfilippo John B & Son Inc | Jeffrey Sanfilippo | 2024 | $5,309,911 |
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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