Highest-Paid CEOs
Highest-Paid CEOs
CEO pay continues to outpace the pay of working people across the country. In the past 10 years, CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased by more than $5 million to an average of $16.7 million in 2022. Meanwhile, the average U.S. worker saw a wage increase of $15,460 over the past decade, earning on average just $61,900 in 2022.
| Ticker | Company Sort ascending | CEO | Year | CEO Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFA | Mfa Financial, Inc. | Craig Knutson | 2022 | $6,262,232 |
| MTD | Mettler Toledo International Inc/ | Patrick Kaltenbach | 2022 | $6,223,115 |
| MCB | Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. | Mark DeFazio | 2022 | $4,612,094 |
| MCBS | Metrocity Bankshares, Inc. | Nack Paek | 2022 | $2,276,019 |
| MET | Metlife Inc. | Michel Khalaf | 2022 | $18,107,426 |
| MEI | Methode Electronics Inc. | Donald Duda | 2023 | $3,088,086 |
| META | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Mark Zuckerberg | 2022 | $27,110,418 |
| MMAT | Meta Materials Inc. | George Palikaras | 2022 | $2,390,460 |
| MLAB | Mesa Laboratories Inc /Co/ | Gary Owens | 2023 | $5,190,371 |
| MESA | Mesa Air Group Inc. | Jonathan Ornstein | 2022 | $1,867,608 |
| MRUS | Merus N.v. | Sven Lundberg | 2022 | $5,744,794 |
| MRSN | Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. | Anna Protopapas | 2022 | $2,846,107 |
| MTH | Meritage Homes Corp. | Phillippe Lord | 2022 | $8,015,467 |
| MMSI | Merit Medical Systems Inc. | Fred Lampropoulos | 2022 | $8,128,833 |
| MLNK | Meridianlink, Inc. | Nicolaas Vlok | 2022 | $7,308,983 |
| MRBK | Meridian Corp. | Christopher Annas | 2022 | $1,300,325 |
| VIVO | Meridian Bioscience Inc. | Jack Kenny | 2022 | $4,598,825 |
| MRCY | Mercury Systems Inc. | Mark Aslett | 2022 | $18,859,871 |
| MCY | Mercury General Corp. | Gabriel Tirador | 2022 | $1,308,055 |
| MRK | Merck & Co., Inc. | Robert Davis | 2022 | $18,650,093 |