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 | CEO | Year | CEO Pay Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TKNO | Alpha Teknova, Inc. | Stephen Gunstream | 2022 | $1,852,801 |
| LICY | Li-cycle Holdings Corp. | Ajay Kochhar | 2022 | $1,854,860 |
| QCRH | Qcr Holdings Inc. | Larry Helling | 2022 | $1,855,117 |
| SSBK | Southern States Bancshares, Inc. | Stephen Whatley | 2022 | $1,855,950 |
| CTM | Castellum, Inc. | Mark Fuller | 2022 | $1,861,634 |
| OAS | Chord Energy Corp. | Daniel Brown | 2022 | $1,862,495 |
| MESA | Mesa Air Group Inc. | Jonathan Ornstein | 2022 | $1,867,608 |
| FRME | First Merchants Corp. | Mark Hardwick | 2022 | $1,868,200 |
| KALA | Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Mark Iwicki | 2022 | $1,868,299 |
| URGN | Urogen Pharma Ltd. | Elizabeth Barrett | 2022 | $1,870,560 |
| PEBO | Peoples Bancorp Inc. | Charles Sulerzyski | 2022 | $1,877,419 |
| ZYNE | Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Armando Anido | 2022 | $1,881,402 |
| MEDP | Medpace Holdings, Inc. | August Troendle | 2022 | $1,885,034 |
| UTI | Universal Technical Institute Inc. | Jerome Grant | 2022 | $1,886,283 |
| BNED | Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. | Michael Huseby | 2023 | $1,890,783 |
| GSAT | Globalstar, Inc. | David Kagan | 2022 | $1,892,167 |
| GTBP | GT Biopharma, Inc. | Michael Breen | 2022 | $1,892,293 |
| HOFV | Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co | Michael Crawford | 2022 | $1,897,891 |
| NCRA | Nocera, Inc. | Yin-Chieh Cheng Jeff | 2022 | $1,901,806 |
| WASH | Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. | Edward Handy | 2022 | $1,902,010 |