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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCII | Lci Industries | Jason Lippert | 2023 | $8,642,843 |
| PRGS | Progress Software Corp | Yogesh Gupta | 2023 | $8,635,534 |
| CRBG | Corebridge Financial, Inc. | Kevin Hogan | 2023 | $8,632,097 |
| EYE | National Vision Holdings, Inc. | Reade Fahs | 2023 | $8,617,438 |
| RXRX | Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Christopher Gibson | 2023 | $8,613,209 |
| HP | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | John Lindsay | 2023 | $8,595,963 |
| TOST | Toast, Inc. | Christopher Comparato | 2023 | $8,588,112 |
| ULCC | Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. | Barry Biffle | 2023 | $8,582,703 |
| SWI | Solarwinds Corp. | Sudhakar Ramakrishna | 2023 | $8,570,853 |
| CW | Curtiss Wright Corp. | Lynn Bamford | 2023 | $8,562,311 |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Inc. | Robert Mehrabian | 2023 | $8,557,552 |
| SON | Sonoco Products Co. | Howard Coker | 2023 | $8,538,593 |
| KMPR | Kemper Corp. | Joseph Lacher | 2023 | $8,534,646 |
| OSPN | Onespan Inc. | Matthew Moynahan | 2023 | $8,530,215 |
| BL | Blackline, Inc. | Therese Tucker | 2023 | $8,527,312 |
| XRAY | Dentsply Sirona Inc. | Simon Campion | 2023 | $8,518,987 |
| QUAD | Quad/Graphics, Inc. | Joel Quadracci | 2023 | $8,510,486 |
| DRI | Darden Restaurants Inc. | Ricardo Cardenas | 2023 | $8,500,029 |
| SABR | Sabre Corp. | Kurt Ekert | 2023 | $8,480,690 |
| RRGB | Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. | G.J. Hart | 2023 | $8,463,446 |
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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