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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMST | Timkensteel Corp. | Michael Williams | 2023 | $6,973,856 |
| APLE | Apple Hospitality Reit, Inc. | Justin G. Knight | 2023 | $6,973,468 |
| POR | Portland General Electric CO /Or/ | Maria Pope | 2023 | $6,965,757 |
| SNPO | Snap One Holdings Corp. | John Heyman | 2023 | $6,964,840 |
| CGNX | Cognex Corp. | Robert Willett | 2023 | $6,959,914 |
| ASH | Ashland Inc. | Guillermo Novo | 2023 | $6,957,914 |
| ATKR | Atkore Inc. | William Waltz | 2023 | $6,938,256 |
| RSI | Rush Street Interactive, Inc. | Richard Schwartz | 2023 | $6,929,661 |
| L | Loews Corp. | James Tisch | 2023 | $6,918,337 |
| AMBC | Ambac Financial Group Inc. | Claude LeBlanc | 2023 | $6,917,719 |
| DAWN | Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. | Jeremy Bender | 2023 | $6,913,959 |
| CPT | Camden Property Trust | Richard Campo | 2023 | $6,911,304 |
| HSAQ | Orchestra Biomed Holdings, Inc. | David Hochman | 2023 | $6,899,668 |
| SLAB | Silicon Laboratories Inc. | Matthew Johnson | 2023 | $6,894,721 |
| EGP | Eastgroup Properties Inc. | Marshall Loeb | 2023 | $6,894,670 |
| PLYA | Playa Hotels & Resorts | Bruce Wardinski | 2023 | $6,894,394 |
| KRG | Kite Realty Group Trust | John Kite | 2023 | $6,887,961 |
| PCRX | Pacira Biosciences, Inc. | David Stack | 2023 | $6,878,091 |
| MODN | Model N, Inc. | Jason Blessing | 2023 | $6,877,671 |
| KLIC | Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. | Fusen Chen | 2023 | $6,877,217 |
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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