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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDM | Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. | Brent Smith | 2023 | $7,150,720 |
| PECO | Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. | Jeffrey Edison | 2023 | $7,146,228 |
| WOOF | Petco Health & Wellness Company, Inc. | Ronald Coughlin | 2023 | $7,139,463 |
| EVRG | Evergy, Inc. | David Campbell | 2023 | $7,138,724 |
| XPRO | Expro Group Holdings | Michael Jardon | 2023 | $7,132,091 |
| SWX | Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. | Karen Haller | 2023 | $7,129,341 |
| UPST | Upstart Holdings, Inc. | Dave Girouard | 2023 | $7,115,630 |
| GNTX | Gentex Corp. | Steve Downing | 2023 | $7,111,531 |
| HNI | HNI Corp. | Jeffrey Lorenger | 2023 | $7,102,944 |
| MDU | Mdu Resources Group Inc. | David Goodin | 2023 | $7,100,593 |
| IIPR | Innovative Industrial Properties Inc. | Alan Gold | 2023 | $7,095,389 |
| GNRC | Generac Holdings Inc. | Aaron Jagdfeld | 2023 | $7,084,966 |
| TSQ | Townsquare Media, Inc. | Bill Wilson | 2023 | $7,069,743 |
| FAF | First American Financial Corp. | Kenneth DeGiorgio | 2023 | $7,069,357 |
| MNKD | Mannkind Corp. | Michael Castagna | 2023 | $7,068,114 |
| PTGX | Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. | Dinesh Patel | 2023 | $7,067,572 |
| KODK | Eastman Kodak Co. | J.V. Continenza | 2023 | $7,064,523 |
| VRE | Veris Residential, Inc. | Mahbod Nia | 2023 | $7,064,210 |
| NVST | Envista Holdings Corp. | Amir Aghdaei | 2023 | $7,059,325 |
| VCEL | Vericel Corp. | Dominick Colangelo | 2023 | $7,056,422 |
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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