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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HBCP | Home Bancorp, Inc. | John Bordelon | 2023 | $961,335 |
| OESX | Orion Energy Systems, Inc. | Michael Altschaefl | 2023 | $958,999 |
| INOD | Innodata Inc. | Jack Abuhoff | 2023 | $958,698 |
| WRLD | World Acceptance Corp. | R Chad Prashad | 2023 | $956,588 |
| MOTS | Motus GI Holdings, Inc. | Mark Pomeranz | 2023 | $956,353 |
| QNRX | Quoin Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | Michael Myers | 2023 | $954,063 |
| PAVM | Pavmed Inc. | Lishan Aklog | 2023 | $953,200 |
| SWKH | Swk Holdings Corp. | Joe Staggs | 2023 | $953,146 |
| LUMO | Lumos Pharma, Inc. | Richard Hawkins | 2023 | $952,869 |
| ONTF | On24 Inc. | Sharat Sharan | 2023 | $951,350 |
| AFIB | Acutus Medical, Inc. | David Roman | 2023 | $951,086 |
| PROV | Provident Financial Holdings Inc. | Craig Blunden | 2023 | $951,054 |
| KOPN | Kopin Corp. | Michael Murray | 2023 | $950,902 |
| GLBL | Alti Global, Inc. | Michael Tiedemann | 2023 | $949,879 |
| AROW | Arrow Financial Corp. | David S. DeMarco | 2023 | $943,532 |
| BIRD | Allbirds, Inc. | Joseph Zwillinger | 2023 | $942,696 |
| DC | Dakota Gold Corp. | Jonathan Awde | 2023 | $941,833 |
| CALB | California Bancorp | Steven Shelton | 2023 | $940,266 |
| ALGT | Allegiant Travel Co. | Maurice Gallagher | 2023 | $937,500 |
| RNXT | Renovorx, Inc. | Shaun Bagai | 2023 | $936,779 |
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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