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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHO | Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. | Bryan Giglia | 2023 | $4,065,496 |
| SBT | Sterling Bancorp, Inc. | Thomas O’Brien | 2023 | $4,064,239 |
| CSV | Carriage Services Inc. | Melvin Payne | 2023 | $4,061,994 |
| PLAB | Photronics Inc. | Frank Lee | 2023 | $4,061,200 |
| GPMT | Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. | John Taylor | 2023 | $4,049,820 |
| AURA | Aura Biosciences, Inc. | Elisabet de los Pinos | 2023 | $4,044,598 |
| UNCY | Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc. | Shalabh Gupta | 2023 | $4,044,062 |
| LESL | Leslie's, Inc. | Michael Egeck | 2023 | $4,041,971 |
| LASR | Nlight, Inc. | Scott Keeney | 2023 | $4,024,164 |
| TRS | Trimas Corp. | Thomas Amato | 2023 | $4,020,922 |
| CFVI | Rumble Inc. | Chris Pavlovski | 2023 | $4,019,011 |
| RGP | Resources Connection, Inc. | Kate Duchene | 2023 | $4,013,909 |
| CGEM | Cullinan Oncology, Inc. | Nadim Ahmed | 2023 | $4,008,206 |
| STAG | Stag Industrial, Inc. | William Crooker | 2023 | $3,988,868 |
| ANGO | Angiodynamics Inc. | James Clemmer | 2023 | $3,983,691 |
| PMGM | Priveterra Acquisition Corp. | Marc Forth | 2023 | $3,982,378 |
| EWTX | Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. | Kevin Koch | 2023 | $3,975,855 |
| HBB | Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co | Gregory Trepp | 2023 | $3,973,459 |
| BBSI | Barrett Business Services Inc. | Gary Kramer | 2023 | $3,971,805 |
| TGLS | Tecnoglass Inc. | Jose Daes | 2023 | $3,969,000 |
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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