In 2016, CEOs of S&P 500 Index companies received, on average, $13.1 million in total compensation, according to the AFL-CIO’s analysis of available data. In contrast, production and nonsupervisory workers earned only $37,632, on average, in 2016—a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 347 to 1.
| Ticker | Company | CEO | Year | Compensation Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOG | Alphabet | Sundar Pichai | 2015 | $100,632,102 |
| CHTR | Charter Communications | Thomas M. Rutledge | 2016 | $98,515,727 |
| EXPE | Expedia | Dara Khosrowshahi | 2015 | $94,603,552 |
| VIA | Viacom | Philippe P. Dauman | 2016 | $93,021,795 |
| SCTY | SolarCity Corporation | Lyndon R. Rive | 2015 | $77,318,016 |
| GBL | Gamco Investors | Mario J. Gabelli | 2016 | $75,965,266 |
| CBS | CBS Corporation | Leslie Moonves | 2016 | $69,550,657 |
| EL | Estee Lauder Companies | Fabrizio Freda | 2016 | $48,369,401 |
| NKE | Nike | Mark G. Parker | 2016 | $47,615,302 |
| JCI | Johnson Controls International | Alex A. Molinaroli | 2016 | $46,396,770 |
| DIS | Walt Disney Company | Robert A. Iger | 2016 | $43,882,396 |
| ORCL | Oracle Corporation | Mark V. Hurd | 2016 | $41,121,896 |
| DISCA | Discovery Communications | David M. Zaslav | 2016 | $37,192,354 |
| YHOO | Yahoo! | Marissa A. Mayer | 2015 | $35,981,107 |
| HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | Margaret C. Whitman | 2016 | $35,564,351 |
| IMS | IMS Health Holdings | Ari Bousbib | 2015 | $34,833,517 |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard | Robert A. Kotick | 2016 | $33,065,560 |
| CMCSA | Comcast Corporation | Brian L. Roberts | 2016 | $32,963,491 |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corporation | V.M. Rometty | 2016 | $32,695,699 |
| TWX | Time Warner | Jeffrey L. Bewkes | 2015 | $31,493,211 |