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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEE | Ameren Corp. | Martin Lyons | 2022 | $7,357,331 |
| AEHR | Aehr Test Systems | Gayn Erickson | 2022 | $4,178,981 |
| AEIS | Advanced Energy Industries Inc. | Stephen Kelley | 2022 | $7,484,931 |
| AEL | American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. | Anant Bhalla | 2022 | $46,595,558 |
| AEO | American Eagle Outfitters Inc. | Jay Schottenstein | 2022 | $9,776,540 |
| AEP | American Electric Power CO Inc. | Nicholas Akins | 2022 | $16,375,508 |
| AERC | Molekule Group, Inc. | Jason DiBona | 2022 | $706,452 |
| AES | Aes Corp. | Andrés Gluski | 2022 | $12,525,258 |
| AESE | Allied Gaming & Entertainment Inc. | Libing Wu Claire | 2022 | $1,200,850 |
| AEVA | Aeva Technologies, Inc. | Soroush Dardashti | 2022 | $561,300 |
| AEY | Addvantage Technologies Group Inc. | Joseph Hart | 2022 | $332,505 |
| AEYE | Audioeye Inc. | David Moradi | 2022 | $1,292,001 |
| AEZS | Aeterna Zentaris Inc. | Paulini Klaus | 2022 | $583,972 |
| AFBI | Affinity Bancshares, Inc. | Edward Cooney | 2022 | $1,189,049 |
| AFCG | Afc Gamma, Inc. | Leonard Tannenbaum | 2022 | $731,300 |
| AFG | American Financial Group Inc. | Carl Lindner III | 2022 | $12,670,399 |
| AFIB | Acutus Medical, Inc. | Vince Burgess | 2022 | $1,201,378 |
| AFL | Aflac Inc. | Daniel Amos | 2022 | $15,776,291 |
| AFRI | Forafric Global PLC | Mustapha Jamaleddine | 2022 | $460,407 |
| AFRM | Affirm Holdings, Inc. | Max Levchin | 2022 | $478,265 |