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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM | General Motors Company | Mary T. Barra | 2016 | $22,582,059 |
| DF | Dean Foods Company | Gregg A. Tanner | 2016 | $22,437,072 |
| RAD | Rite Aid Corporation | John T. Standley | 2016 | $22,366,272 |
| WMT | Wal-Mart Stores | C. Douglas Mcmillon | 2017 | $22,352,143 |
| CTXS | Citrix Systems | Kirill Tatarinov | 2016 | $22,273,969 |
| MSCI | MSCI | Henry A. Fernandez | 2016 | $22,164,262 |
| F | Ford Motor Company | Mark Fields | 2016 | $22,102,498 |
| XPO | XPO Logistics | Bradley S. Jacobs | 2016 | $21,984,448 |
| CNC | Centene Corporation | Michael F. Neidorff | 2016 | $21,968,983 |
| SBUX | Starbucks Corporation | Howard Schultz | 2016 | $21,815,498 |
| MRK | Merck & Company | Kenneth C. Frazier | 2016 | $21,781,170 |
| NWL | Newell Brands | Michael B. Polk | 2016 | $21,684,542 |
| SFLY | Shutterfly | Christopher North | 2016 | $21,457,985 |
| GD | General Dynamics Corporation | Phebe N. Novakovic | 2016 | $21,358,077 |
| HCA | HCA Holdings | R. Milton Johnson | 2016 | $21,331,574 |
| GE | General Electric Company | Jeff Immelt | 2016 | $21,324,524 |
| HON | Honeywell International | David M. Cote | 2016 | $21,261,501 |
| FISV | Fiserv | Jeffery W. Yabuki | 2016 | $21,241,782 |
| MS | Morgan Stanley | James P. Gorman | 2016 | $21,205,835 |
| ABBV | AbbVie | Richard A. Gonzalez | 2016 | $20,970,924 |