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 ascending | Company | CEO | Year | CEO Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRLD | World Acceptance Corp. | R Chad Prashad | 2022 | $933,965 |
| WRK | Westrock Co | David Sewell | 2022 | $11,576,270 |
| WRE | Elme Communities | Paul McDermott | 2022 | $5,279,117 |
| WRBY | Warby Parker Inc. | Neil Blumenthal | 2022 | $699,700 |
| WRB | Berkley W R Corp. | Robert Berkley | 2022 | $16,706,862 |
| WRAP | Wrap Technologies, Inc. | TJ Kennedy | 2022 | $3,363,528 |
| WPC | W. P. Carey Inc. | Jason Fox | 2022 | $9,405,063 |
| WORX | Scworx Corp. | Timothy Hannibal | 2022 | $294,996 |
| WOOF | Petco Health & Wellness Company, Inc. | Ronald Coughlin | 2022 | $19,590,453 |
| WOLF | Wolfspeed, Inc. | Gregg Lowe | 2023 | $12,477,839 |
| WNW | Meiwu Technology Co Ltd | Xinliang Zhang | 2022 | $300,000 |
| WNEB | Western New England Bancorp, Inc. | James Hagan | 2022 | $1,324,377 |
| WNC | Wabash National Corp. | Brent Yeagy | 2022 | $6,376,651 |
| WMT | Walmart Inc. | Douglas McMillon | 2023 | $25,306,714 |
| WMS | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Scott Barbour | 2023 | $6,976,773 |
| WMK | Weis Markets Inc. | Jonathan Weis | 2022 | $10,076,172 |
| WMG | Warner Music Group Corp. | Stephen Cooper | 2022 | $19,366,110 |
| WMB | Williams Companies, Inc. | Alan Armstrong | 2022 | $13,887,596 |
| WM | Waste Management Inc. | James Fish | 2022 | $14,820,684 |
| WLY | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | Brian Napack | 2022 | $4,948 |