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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTS | Watts Water Technologies Inc. | Robert Pagano | 2022 | $7,076,495 |
| WTT | Wireless Telecom Group, Inc. | Timothy Whelan | 2022 | $878,529 |
| WTTR | Select Energy Services, Inc. | John Schmitz | 2022 | $7,615,178 |
| WTW | Willis Towers Watson PLC | Carl Hess | 2022 | $10,728,900 |
| WU | Western Union Co. | Devin McGranahan | 2022 | $7,241,700 |
| WULF | Terawulf Inc. | Paul Prager | 2022 | $757,943 |
| WVE | Wave Life Sciences Ltd. | Paul Bolno | 2022 | $2,667,997 |
| WVVI | Willamette Valley Vineyards Inc. | Bernau James | 2022 | $392,203 |
| WW | WW International, Inc. | Sima Sistani | 2022 | $11,418,410 |
| WWD | Woodward, Inc. | Charles Blankenship | 2022 | $6,984,261 |
| WWE | World Wrestling Entertainmentinc | Nick Khan | 2022 | $24,873,606 |
| WY | Weyerhaeuser Co. | Devin Stockfish | 2022 | $12,969,306 |
| WYNN | Wynn Resorts Ltd | Craig Billings | 2022 | $12,229,087 |
| X | United States Steel Corp. | David Burritt | 2022 | $18,988,369 |
| XBIO | Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. | Jeffrey Eisenberg | 2022 | $632,827 |
| XBIT | Xbiotech Inc. | John Simard | 2022 | $4,670,934 |
| XCUR | Exicure, Inc. | Matthias Schroff | 2022 | $1,217,718 |
| XEL | Xcel Energy Inc. | Bob Frenzel | 2022 | $10,318,579 |
| XELA | Exela Technologies, Inc. | Ronald Cogbrun | 2022 | $2,028,750 |
| XELB | Xcel Brands, Inc. | Robert D’Loren | 2022 | $2,043,333 |