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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PASG | Passage BIO, Inc. | William Chou | 2024 | $1,636,770 |
| YHC | LQR House Inc. | Sean Dollinger | 2024 | $1,636,700 |
| CTGO | Contango ORE, Inc. | Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse | 2024 | $1,635,900 |
| MURA | Mural Oncology plc | Caroline Loew | 2024 | $1,635,873 |
| TMQ | Trilogy Metals Inc. | Tony Giardini | 2024 | $1,632,518 |
| HFWA | Heritage Financial Corp | Jeffrey Deuel | 2024 | $1,630,201 |
| NODK | NI Holdings, Inc. | Seth Daggett | 2024 | $1,626,028 |
| PTON | Peloton Interactive, Inc. | Chris Bruzzo | 2024 | $1,623,195 |
| UBX | Unity Biotechnology, Inc. | Anirvan Ghosh | 2024 | $1,620,956 |
| TPIC | Tpi Composites, Inc | William Siwek | 2024 | $1,619,704 |
| ECOR | electroCore, Inc. | Daniel Goldberger | 2024 | $1,618,585 |
| ACNB | Acnb Corp | James Helt | 2024 | $1,615,962 |
| FRD | Friedman Industries Inc | Michael Taylor | 2024 | $1,614,524 |
| MRSN | Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. | Martin Huber | 2024 | $1,613,754 |
| PLOW | Douglas Dynamics, Inc | James Janik | 2024 | $1,613,188 |
| MOFG | MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. | Charles Reeves | 2024 | $1,611,393 |
| MDAI | Spectral AI, Inc. | Peter Carlson | 2024 | $1,609,264 |
| FMBH | First Mid Bancshares, Inc. | Joseph Dively | 2024 | $1,604,008 |
| AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | Andrew Jassy | 2024 | $1,596,889 |
| STKS | ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. | Emanuel Hilaro | 2024 | $1,594,962 |
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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