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 Sort descending | Company | CEO | Year | CEO Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAT | Waters Corp. | Udit Batra | 2022 | $9,409,550 |
| WATT | Energous Corp. | Cesar Johnston | 2022 | $1,569,700 |
| WBA | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | Rosalind Brewer | 2022 | $17,287,489 |
| WBD | Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. | David Zaslav | 2022 | $39,288,458 |
| WBS | Webster Financial Corp. | John Ciulla | 2022 | $8,076,856 |
| WCC | Wesco International Inc. | John Engel | 2022 | $11,162,279 |
| WCN | Waste Connections, Inc. | Worthing Jackman | 2022 | $6,970,036 |
| WD | Walker & Dunlop, Inc. | William Walker | 2022 | $4,775,116 |
| WDAY | Workday, Inc. | Aneel Bhusri | 2023 | $102,685,309 |
| WDC | Western Digital Corp. | David Goeckeler | 2022 | $32,137,338 |
| WDFC | WD 40 Co. | Garry Ridge | 2022 | $3,632,413 |
| WE | Wework Inc. | Sandeep Mathrani | 2022 | $6,439,932 |
| WEAV | Weave Communications, Inc. | Brett White | 2022 | $10,678,965 |
| WEBR | Weber Inc. | Chris Scherzinger | 2022 | $3,308,685 |
| WEC | Wec Energy Group, Inc. | Scott Lauber | 2022 | $8,149,461 |
| WEJO | Wejo Group Ltd | Richard Barlow | 2022 | $1,536,956 |
| WELL | Welltower Inc. | Shankh Mitra | 2022 | $14,266,935 |
| WERN | Werner Enterprises Inc. | Derek Leathers | 2022 | $5,460,198 |
| WES | Western Midstream Partners, LP | Michael Ure | 2022 | $7,648,005 |
| WEST | Westrock Coffee Company | Scott Ford | 2022 | $3,711,691 |