Highest-Paid CEOs
Highest-Paid CEOs
CEO pay continues to outpace the pay of working people across the country. In the past 10 years, CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased by more than $5 million to an average of $16.7 million in 2022. Meanwhile, the average U.S. worker saw a wage increase of $15,460 over the past decade, earning on average just $61,900 in 2022.
| Ticker | Company Sort ascending | CEO | Year | CEO Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMK | Weis Markets Inc. | Jonathan Weis | 2022 | $10,076,172 |
| WEC | Wec Energy Group, Inc. | Scott Lauber | 2022 | $8,149,461 |
| WBS | Webster Financial Corp. | John Ciulla | 2022 | $8,076,856 |
| WEBR | Weber Inc. | Chris Scherzinger | 2022 | $3,308,685 |
| WEAV | Weave Communications, Inc. | Brett White | 2022 | $10,678,965 |
| WFRD | Weatherford International PLC | Girishchandra Saligram | 2022 | $12,242,321 |
| WDFC | WD 40 Co. | Garry Ridge | 2022 | $3,632,413 |
| W | Wayfair Inc. | Niraj Shah | 2022 | $751,221 |
| WVE | Wave Life Sciences Ltd. | Paul Bolno | 2022 | $2,667,997 |
| WTS | Watts Water Technologies Inc. | Robert Pagano | 2022 | $7,076,495 |
| WSO | Watsco Inc. | Albert Nahmad | 2022 | $11,093,941 |
| WSBF | Waterstone Financial, Inc. | Douglas Gordon | 2022 | $1,341,589 |
| WAT | Waters Corp. | Udit Batra | 2022 | $9,409,550 |
| WM | Waste Management Inc. | James Fish | 2022 | $14,820,684 |
| WCN | Waste Connections, Inc. | Worthing Jackman | 2022 | $6,970,036 |
| WASH | Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. | Edward Handy | 2022 | $1,902,010 |
| WAFD | Washington Federal Inc. | Brent Beardall | 2022 | $3,596,934 |
| HCC | Warrior Met Coal, Inc. | Walter Scheller | 2022 | $6,508,776 |
| WMG | Warner Music Group Corp. | Stephen Cooper | 2022 | $19,366,110 |
| WBD | Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. | David Zaslav | 2022 | $39,288,458 |