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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC | Brunswick Corp. | David Foulkes | 2023 | $10,846,398 |
| MTH | Meritage Homes Corp. | Phillippe Lord | 2023 | $10,835,643 |
| ODP | ODP Corp. | Gerry Smith | 2023 | $10,835,279 |
| PK | Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. | Thomas Baltimore | 2023 | $10,831,214 |
| XYL | Xylem Inc. | Patrick Decker | 2023 | $10,825,450 |
| DV | Doubleverify Holdings, Inc. | Mark Zagorski | 2023 | $10,810,668 |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | Kyle Malady | 2023 | $10,810,203 |
| BFLY | Butterfly Network, Inc. | Joseph DeVivo | 2023 | $10,808,618 |
| JBLU | Jetblue Airways Corp. | Robin Hayes | 2023 | $10,779,925 |
| TKR | Timken Co. | Richard Kyle | 2023 | $10,778,409 |
| HRTX | Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | Craig Collard | 2023 | $10,775,818 |
| CFXA | Enovis Corp. | Matthew Trerotola | 2023 | $10,774,635 |
| KEYS | Keysight Technologies, Inc. | Satish Dhanasekaran | 2023 | $10,750,924 |
| IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | Frank K. Clyburn, Jr | 2023 | $10,747,653 |
| SEM | Select Medical Holdings Corp. | David Chernow | 2023 | $10,706,265 |
| NSIT | Insight Enterprises Inc. | Joyce Mullen | 2023 | $10,693,722 |
| AGR | Avangrid, Inc. | Pedro Azagra Blázquez | 2023 | $10,689,792 |
| HAE | Haemonetics Corp. | Christopher Simon | 2023 | $10,686,395 |
| RUSHA | Rush Enterprises Inc. | W.M. Rusty Rush | 2023 | $10,684,103 |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing Inc. | Maria Black | 2023 | $10,682,318 |
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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