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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSTM | Healthstream Inc. | Robert Frist | 2023 | $727,109 |
| OCX | Oncocyte Corp. | Joshua Riggs | 2023 | $724,910 |
| FUSB | First US Bancshares, Inc. | James House | 2023 | $724,672 |
| COFS | Choiceone Financial Services Inc. | Kelly Potes | 2023 | $722,253 |
| LNFA | Zerofox Holdings, Inc. | James Foster | 2023 | $722,000 |
| GIPR | Generation Income Properties, Inc. | David Sobelman | 2023 | $720,159 |
| GWRS | Global Water Resources, Inc. | Ron Fleming | 2023 | $718,727 |
| DM | Desktop Metal, Inc. | Ric Fulop | 2023 | $716,115 |
| ABCL | Abcellera Biologics Inc. | Carl L.G. Hansen | 2023 | $714,939 |
| LODE | Comstock Inc. | Rahul Bobbili | 2023 | $714,792 |
| IPAX | Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. | Stephen Altemus | 2023 | $714,483 |
| UNB | Union Bankshares Inc. | David Silverman | 2023 | $713,692 |
| KRMD | Koru Medical Systems, Inc. | Linda Tharby | 2023 | $713,369 |
| TECTP | Tectonic Financial, Inc. | Haag Sherman | 2023 | $712,293 |
| VATE | Innovate Corp. | Wayne Barr | 2023 | $709,307 |
| AYTU | Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | Joshua Disbrow | 2023 | $708,000 |
| XXII | 22nd Century Group, Inc. | James Mish | 2023 | $706,778 |
| AFBI | Affinity Bancshares, Inc. | Edward Cooney | 2023 | $705,959 |
| KIRK | Kirkland's, Inc. | Ann Joyce | 2023 | $705,711 |
| FA | First Advantage Corp. | Scott Staples | 2023 | $704,996 |
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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