Highest-Paid CEOs
Highest-Paid CEOs
CEO pay continues to outpace the pay of working people across the country. In the past 10 years, typical CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased by more than $4 million, to an average of $17.7 million in 2023. Meanwhile, the average U.S. worker saw a wage increase of $18,240 over the past decade, earning on average just $65,470 in 2023.
| Ticker | Company | CEO | Year | CEO Pay Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNXN | PC Connection Inc. | Timothy McGrath | 2023 | $1,915,864 |
| NTGR | Netgear, Inc. | Patrick C.S. Lo | 2023 | $1,913,615 |
| TARA | Protara Therapeutics, Inc. | Jesse Shefferman | 2023 | $1,906,132 |
| GRPH | Graphite Bio, Inc. | Josh Lehrer | 2023 | $1,903,477 |
| TG | Tredegar Corp. | John Steitz | 2023 | $1,902,939 |
| THTX | Theratechnologies Inc. | Paul Lévesque | 2023 | $1,900,415 |
| CHCO | City Holding Co. | Charles Hageboeck | 2023 | $1,894,563 |
| NAUT | Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc. | Sujal Patel | 2023 | $1,892,862 |
| BNED | Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. | Michael Huseby | 2023 | $1,890,783 |
| CCBG | Capital City Bank Group Inc. | William Smith | 2023 | $1,890,467 |
| XL | Spruce Power Holding Corp. | Eric Tech | 2023 | $1,889,652 |
| CDLX | Cardlytics, Inc. | Karim Temsamani | 2023 | $1,885,944 |
| LOCL | Local Bounti Corporation | Anna Fabrega | 2023 | $1,884,606 |
| BRT | BRT Apartments Corp. | Jeffrey Gould | 2023 | $1,882,891 |
| CURV | Torrid Holdings Inc. | Lisa Harper | 2023 | $1,880,139 |
| NCR | NCR Corp. | David Wilkinson | 2023 | $1,879,422 |
| LL | LL Flooring Holdings, Inc. | Charles Tyson Interim | 2023 | $1,876,443 |
| SNCR | Synchronoss Technologies Inc. | Jeffrey Miller | 2023 | $1,876,108 |
| HLTH | Cue Health Inc. | Ayub Khattak | 2023 | $1,871,269 |
| NVNO | Envveno Medical Corp. | Robert Berman | 2023 | $1,870,884 |
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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