Highest-Paid CEOs
Highest-Paid CEOs
In 2024, CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased 7% from the previous year—to an average of $18.9 million in total compensation. Meanwhile, the median U.S. worker made just $49,500, a 3 percent bump over the previous year.
| Ticker | Company | CEO | Year | CEO Pay Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BKR | Baker Hughes Co | Lorenzo Simonelli | 2024 | $19,897,221 |
| MRNA | Moderna Inc | Stéphane Bancel | 2024 | $19,876,180 |
| DDOG | Datadog, Inc. | Olivier Pomel | 2024 | $19,842,554 |
| PD | PagerDuty, Inc. | Jennifer Tejada | 2024 | $19,822,501 |
| DXC | DXC Technology Co | Michael Salvino | 2024 | $19,821,384 |
| TXT | Textron Inc | Scott Donnelly | 2024 | $19,643,978 |
| QS | QuantumScape Corp | Siva Sivaram | 2024 | $19,606,478 |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange Inc | Jeffrey Sprecher | 2024 | $19,520,589 |
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd | Jason Liberty | 2024 | $19,497,820 |
| CNH | CNH Industrial N.V. | Gerrit Marx | 2024 | $19,497,596 |
| GEHC | GE HealthCare Technologies Inc | Peter Arduini | 2024 | $19,487,880 |
| PARA | Paramount Global | Chris McCarthy | 2024 | $19,483,239 |
| GDDY | GoDaddy Inc | Aman Bhutani | 2024 | $19,465,233 |
| VRNA | Verona Pharma plc | David Zaccardelli Pharm.D. | 2024 | $19,456,473 |
| GAP | Gap Inc | Richard Dickson | 2024 | $19,426,846 |
| TROW | T Rowe Price Group Inc | Robert Sharps | 2024 | $19,389,829 |
| HPQ | HP Inc | Enrique Lores | 2024 | $19,360,127 |
| HIG | Hartford Insurance Group Inc | Christopher Swift | 2024 | $19,343,348 |
| USB | US Bancorp | Andrew Cecere | 2024 | $19,339,327 |
| LH | Labcorp Holdings Inc | Adam Schechter | 2024 | $19,327,354 |
NOTE: For companies with more than one CEO during the year, the highest-paid CEO is included in the database. Pay ratio between CEO pay and median employee pay are displayed as disclosed by each company’s proxy statement. The CEO pay ratio may not equal the displayed CEO’s total compensation due to differing company methodologies in calculating pay ratios.
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