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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTLF | Heartland Financial Usa Inc. | Bruce Lee | 2022 | $3,055,878 |
| DGII | Digi International Inc. | Ronald Konezny | 2022 | $3,056,878 |
| RGLD | Royal Gold Inc. | William Heissenbuttel | 2022 | $3,060,540 |
| OCFC | Oceanfirst Financial Corp. | Christopher Maher | 2022 | $3,061,528 |
| PGC | Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp. | Douglas Kennedy | 2022 | $3,070,048 |
| AQST | Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | Keith Kendall | 2022 | $3,075,924 |
| CVGW | Calavo Growers Inc. | Brian Kocher | 2022 | $3,076,429 |
| FBMS | First Bancshares Inc | Ray Cole Jr.Hoppy | 2022 | $3,079,429 |
| DORM | Dorman Products, Inc. | Kevin Olsen | 2022 | $3,079,983 |
| NECB | Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc. | Kenneth Martinek | 2022 | $3,082,651 |
| HYFM | Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. | William Toler | 2022 | $3,085,722 |
| MEI | Methode Electronics Inc. | Donald Duda | 2023 | $3,088,086 |
| FFIN | First Financial Bankshares Inc. | Scott Dueser | 2022 | $3,089,587 |
| SRDX | Surmodics Inc. | Gary Maharaj | 2022 | $3,095,627 |
| LBAI | Lakeland Bancorp Inc. | Thomas Shara | 2022 | $3,097,917 |
| NBTB | Nbt Bancorp Inc. | John Watt | 2022 | $3,114,914 |
| ASTR | Astra Space, Inc. | Chris Kemp | 2022 | $3,117,188 |
| CIO | City Office Reit, Inc. | James Farrar | 2022 | $3,118,540 |
| MGRC | Mcgrath Rentcorp | Joseph Hanna | 2022 | $3,121,167 |
| JRVR | James River Group Holdings, Ltd. | Frank D’Orazio |
2022 | $3,121,935 |