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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APPF | Appfolio Inc | Shane Trigg | 2024 | $5,018,965 |
| BYND | Beyond Meat, Inc. | Ethan Brown | 2024 | $5,016,951 |
| ANGO | Angiodynamics Inc | James Clemmer | 2024 | $5,005,971 |
| SCVL | Shoe Carnival Inc | Mark Worden | 2024 | $5,004,173 |
| SXI | Standex International Cor | David Dunbar | 2024 | $4,993,485 |
| SSTI | Soundthinking, Inc. | Ralph Clark | 2024 | $4,986,576 |
| AVA | Avista Corp | Dennis Vermillion | 2024 | $4,977,194 |
| IAC | IAC Inc. | Joseph Levin | 2024 | $4,975,418 |
| LUNR | Intuitive Machines, Inc. | Stephen Altemus | 2024 | $4,973,559 |
| ADPT | Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp | Chad Robins | 2024 | $4,973,301 |
| FIGS | FIGS, Inc. | Catherine Spear | 2024 | $4,970,064 |
| BROS | Dutch Bros Inc. | Christine Barone | 2024 | $4,968,400 |
| RYI | Ryerson Holding Corp | Edward Lehner | 2024 | $4,963,050 |
| DIBS | 1stdibs.com, Inc. | David Rosenblatt | 2024 | $4,961,154 |
| NC | Nacco Industries Inc | J.C. Butler | 2024 | $4,957,496 |
| LAUR | Laureate Education, Inc. | Eilif Serck-Hanssen | 2024 | $4,951,670 |
| TTI | Tetra Technologies Inc | Brady Murphy | 2024 | $4,949,339 |
| AMR | Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. | Andrew Eidson | 2024 | $4,945,893 |
| VSEC | Vse Corp | John Cuomo | 2024 | $4,945,400 |
| INFN | Infinera Corp | David Heard | 2024 | $4,945,348 |
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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