Highest-Paid CEOs
The imbalance in our economy between the pay of CEOs and working people is worsening. In 2017, CEO pay at S&P 500 Index companies increased 6.4% to a total of $13.94 million. In contrast, production and nonsupervisory workers received a paltry 2.6% raise, earning on average just $38,613—a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 361 to 1.
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| Ticker | Company | CEO | Year | CEO Pay Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLF | Cleveland-Cliffs | Lourenco Goncalves | 2017 | $23,561,505 |
| F | Ford Motor Company | Mark Fields | 2017 | $23,500,111 |
| HAL | Halliburton Company | Jeffrey A. Miller | 2017 | $23,078,364 |
| DOW | Dow Chemical Company | Andrew Liveris | 2016 | $22,963,059 |
| LAUR | Laureate Education | Douglas L. Becker | 2017 | $22,935,453 |
| LMT | Lockheed Martin Corporation | Marillyn A. Hewson | 2017 | $22,866,843 |
| AFL | Aflac | Daniel P. Amos | 2017 | $22,830,984 |
| WMT | Wal-Mart Stores | C. Douglas McMillon | 2018 | $22,791,276 |
| QLYS | Qualys | Philippe F. Courtot | 2017 | $22,749,836 |
| ABBV | AbbVie | Richard A. Gonzalez | 2017 | $22,625,243 |
| VLO | Valero Energy Corporation | Joseph W. Gorder | 2017 | $22,532,260 |
| TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Marc N. Casper | 2017 | $22,275,176 |
| SMG | Scotts Miracle-Gro Company | James Hagedorn | 2017 | $22,073,030 |
| GS | Goldman Sachs Group | Lloyd C. Blankfein | 2017 | $21,995,266 |
| GM | General Motors Company | Mary T. Barra | 2017 | $21,958,048 |
| ADBE | Adobe Systems | Shantanu Narayen | 2017 | $21,934,033 |
| COP | ConocoPhillips | R.M. Lance | 2017 | $21,848,930 |
| LUK | Leucadia National Corporation | Richard B. Handler | 2017 | $21,787,285 |
| BAC | Bank of America Corporation | Brian T. Moynihan | 2017 | $21,779,832 |
| MCD | McDonald's Corporation | Stephen Easterbrook | 2017 | $21,761,052 |