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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFE | Safeguard Scientifics Inc. | Eric Salzman | 2023 | $910,157 |
| SMTI | Sanara Medtech Inc. | Zachary Fleming | 2023 | $909,645 |
| NECB | Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc. | Kenneth Martinek | 2023 | $909,505 |
| FFIE | Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. | Xuefeng Chen | 2023 | $909,492 |
| AVTX | Avalo Therapeutics, Inc. | Garry Neil | 2023 | $909,112 |
| OVLY | Oak Valley Bancorp | Christopher Courtney | 2023 | $908,283 |
| WRBY | Warby Parker Inc. | Neil Blumenthal | 2023 | $907,144 |
| KRBP | Kiromic Biopharma, Inc. | Pietro Bersani | 2023 | $906,787 |
| LOB | Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. | James Mahan | 2023 | $905,493 |
| NTIP | Network-1 Technologies, Inc. | Corey Horowitz | 2023 | $904,072 |
| GMTX | Disc Medicine, Inc. | John Quisel | 2023 | $903,461 |
| LGTO | Southland Holdings, Inc. | Frank Renda | 2023 | $901,951 |
| NTWK | Netsol Technologies Inc. | Najeeb Ghauri | 2023 | $900,000 |
| VBIV | Vbi Vaccines Inc. | Jeffrey Baxter | 2023 | $893,546 |
| FCCO | First Community Corp | Michael Crapps | 2023 | $891,500 |
| CORZ | Core Scientific, Inc. | Adam Sullivan | 2023 | $890,791 |
| SPRX | Guided Therapeutics Inc. | Mark Faupel | 2023 | $889,302 |
| FVCB | FVC Bankcorp, Inc. | David Pijor | 2023 | $889,210 |
| NTIC | Northern Technologies International Corp. | Patrick Lynch | 2023 | $889,044 |
| LFMD | Lifemd, Inc. | Justin Schreiber | 2023 | $888,803 |
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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