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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIGA | Siga Technologies Inc. | Phillip Gomez | 2023 | $1,825,856 |
| AVPT | Avepoint, Inc. | Tianyi Jiang | 2023 | $1,824,757 |
| CATC | Cambridge Bancorp | Denis Sheahan | 2023 | $1,823,987 |
| LXFR | Luxfer Holdings PLC | Andy Butcher | 2023 | $1,823,752 |
| BASE | Couchbase, Inc. | Matthew Cain | 2023 | $1,819,000 |
| POWW | Ammo, Inc. | Fred Wagenhals | 2023 | $1,817,698 |
| VACC | Vaccitech PLC | William Enright | 2023 | $1,811,611 |
| BSGM | Biosig Technologies, Inc. | Kenneth Londoner | 2023 | $1,808,810 |
| FIXX | Homology Medicines, Inc. | Albert Seymour | 2023 | $1,804,303 |
| QCRH | Qcr Holdings Inc. | Larry Helling | 2023 | $1,798,583 |
| RPID | Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. | Robert Spignesi | 2023 | $1,797,254 |
| INGN | Inogen Inc. | Kevin R.M. Smith | 2023 | $1,796,248 |
| ERII | Energy Recovery, Inc. | Robert Yu Lang Mao | 2023 | $1,793,471 |
| CCB | Coastal Financial Corp. | Eric Sprink | 2023 | $1,787,991 |
| FRME | First Merchants Corp. | Mark Hardwick | 2023 | $1,787,750 |
| LYRA | Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. | Maria Palasis | 2023 | $1,785,375 |
| JOE | St. Joe Company | Jorge Gonzalez | 2023 | $1,782,101 |
| OLP | One Liberty Properties Inc. | Patrick Callan | 2023 | $1,781,302 |
| GHC | Graham Holdings Co | Timothy O’Shaughnessy | 2023 | $1,781,256 |
| GSBC | Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. | Joseph Turner | 2023 | $1,779,242 |
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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