Highest-Paid CEOs
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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 ascending |
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APLE | Apple Hospitality Reit, Inc. | Justin Knight | 2022 | $6,736,235 |
RUTH | Ruths Hospitality Group, Inc. | Cheryl Henry | 2022 | $6,736,140 |
SEER | Seer, Inc. | Omid Farokhzad | 2022 | $6,736,092 |
PRTA | Prothena Corp Public Ltd Co. | Gene Kinney | 2022 | $6,736,055 |
SM | SM Energy Co | Herbert Vogel | 2022 | $6,733,036 |
HYAC | Biote Corp. | Teresa Weber | 2022 | $6,729,835 |
AWK | American Water Works Company, Inc. | Susan Hardwick | 2022 | $6,720,753 |
BHE | Benchmark Electronics Inc. | Jeffrey Benck | 2022 | $6,718,650 |
DCO | Ducommun Inc. | Stephen Oswald | 2022 | $6,715,767 |
ANDE | Andersons, Inc. | Patrick Bowe | 2022 | $6,709,493 |
AIR | Aar Corp. | John Holmes | 2023 | $6,709,139 |
SNBR | Sleep Number Corp. | Shelly Ibach | 2022 | $6,702,614 |
PRO | Pros Holdings, Inc. | Andres Reiner | 2022 | $6,702,001 |
FELE | Franklin Electric CO Inc. | Gregg Sengstack | 2022 | $6,700,247 |
ARKO | Arko Corp. | Arie Kotler | 2022 | $6,683,793 |
PAYX | Paychex Inc. | John Gibson | 2023 | $6,680,180 |
WGO | Winnebago Industries Inc. | Michael Happe | 2022 | $6,676,569 |
BBIO | Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | Neil Kumar | 2022 | $6,674,437 |
SGH | Smart Global Holdings, Inc. | Mark Adams | 2022 | $6,664,870 |
NS | Nustar Energy L.p. | Bradley Barron | 2022 | $6,660,881 |