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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARLO | Arlo Technologies, Inc. | Matthew McRae | 2024 | $23,268,296 |
| KLAC | KLA Corp | Richard Wallace | 2024 | $22,832,965 |
| MOH | Molina Healthcare Inc | Joseph Zubretsky | 2024 | $21,944,109 |
| SRE | Sempra | Jeffrey Martin | 2024 | $21,513,802 |
| KIND | Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. | Nirav Tolia | 2024 | $21,177,204 |
| NXT | Nextracker Inc. | Daniel Shugar | 2024 | $20,725,590 |
| OSIS | Osi Systems Inc | Deepak Chopra | 2024 | $20,683,518 |
| EBAY | eBay Inc | Jamie Iannone | 2024 | $20,349,650 |
| RKLB | Rocket Lab Corp | Peter Beck | 2024 | $20,110,758 |
| PD | PagerDuty, Inc. | Jennifer Tejada | 2024 | $19,822,501 |
| QS | QuantumScape Corp | Siva Sivaram | 2024 | $19,606,478 |
| GAP | Gap Inc | Richard Dickson | 2024 | $19,426,846 |
| HPQ | HP Inc | Enrique Lores | 2024 | $19,360,127 |
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems Inc | Anirudh Devgan | 2024 | $19,292,503 |
| CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc | Scott Boatwright | 2024 | $19,137,518 |
| IOT | Samsara Inc. | Sanjit Biswas | 2024 | $18,356,993 |
| TNET | Trinet Group, Inc. | Michael Simonds | 2024 | $18,321,987 |
| WOOF | Petco Health & Wellness Company, Inc. | Joel Anderson | 2024 | $18,258,291 |
| ASTH | Astrana Health, Inc. | Brandon Sim | 2024 | $18,242,585 |
| STRZ | Starz Entertainment Corp | Jon Feltheimer | 2024 | $18,213,948 |
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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