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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WETF | Wisdomtree, Inc. | Jonathan Steinberg | 2022 | $5,448,889 |
| WEX | Wex Inc. | Melissa Smith | 2022 | $10,182,949 |
| WEYS | Weyco Group Inc. | Thomas Florsheim | 2022 | $1,347,667 |
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Company/mn | Charles Scharf | 2022 | $24,642,526 |
| WFRD | Weatherford International PLC | Girishchandra Saligram | 2022 | $12,242,321 |
| WGO | Winnebago Industries Inc. | Michael Happe | 2022 | $6,676,569 |
| WH | Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | Geoffrey Ballotti | 2022 | $9,732,789 |
| WHD | Cactus, Inc. | Scott Bender | 2022 | $3,052,475 |
| WHG | Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | Brian Casey | 2022 | $1,362,050 |
| WHLR | Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. | Andrew Franklin | 2022 | $617,121 |
| WHR | Whirlpool Corp. | Marc Bitzer | 2022 | $11,940,033 |
| WINA | Winmark Corp. | Brett Heffes | 2022 | $1,838,665 |
| WING | Wingstop Inc. | Michael Skipworth | 2022 | $4,117,063 |
| WINT | Windtree Therapeutics Inc. | Craig Fraser | 2022 | $940,910 |
| WIRE | Encore Wire Corp. | Daniel Jones | 2022 | $16,769,587 |
| WISA | Wisa Technologies, Inc. | Brett Moyer | 2022 | $777,000 |
| WK | Workiva Inc. | Martin Vanderploeg | 2022 | $7,713,897 |
| WKC | World Kinect Corp. | Michael Kasbar | 2022 | $15,272,338 |
| WKHS | Workhorse Group Inc. | Richard Dauch | 2022 | $7,079,802 |
| WKSP | Worksport Ltd | Steven Rossi | 2022 | $3,363,666 |