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Highest-paid CEOs in America

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December 14, 2022
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Highest-paid CEOs in America

Among the hotly contested debates in the contemporary United States is what to make of the vast discrepancy that exists between the salaries of the country's top-earning CEOs and the average worker within their companies.

Alex Edmans of the Harvard Business Review has likened the discrepancy to that of a band's lead singer and bassist, alluding to the fact that people who perform tasks of varying levels of importance in a company ought to receive compensation that reflects these differing contributions.

Using data from the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Stacker listed the 100 highest-paid CEOs in the United States according to what they made in 2020, 2021, or 2022, depending on what data was available as of Nov. 30, 2022.

Read on to see how much the chief executives of top companies made.

#100. Charles Scharf (Wells Fargo & Co.)

- 2021 salary: $21.4 million
- Median worker pay: $73,578 (290:1 ratio)

#99. Kevin Stein (TransDigm Group Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $21.5 million
- Median worker pay: $58,837 (365:1 ratio)

#98. David Ricks (Eli Lilly and Co.)

- 2021 salary: $21.5 million
- Median worker pay: $97,130 (221:1 ratio)

#97. Daniel Glaser (Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $21.5 million
- Median worker pay: $67,143 (321:1 ratio)

#96. L. Hunn (Roper Technologies Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $21.5 million
- Median worker pay: $98,550 (219:1 ratio)

#95. Joseph Hogan (Align Technology Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $21.6 million
- Median worker pay: $13,011 (1,659:1 ratio)

#94. Jamie Iannone (eBay Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $21.7 million
- Median worker pay: $135,528 (160:1 ratio)

#93. Robert Bradway (Amgen Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $21.7 million
- Median worker pay: $130,589 (166:1 ratio)

#92. Anirudh Devgan (Cadence Design Systems Inc.)

- 2022 salary: $21.7 million
- Median worker pay: Not available

#91. Peter Zaffino (American International Group Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $21.9 million
- Median worker pay: $71,936 (305:1 ratio)

#90. Walter Bettinger II (The Charles Schwab Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $21.9 million
- Median worker pay: $109,269 (201:1 ratio)

#89. Andrew Anagnost (Autodesk Inc.)

- 2022 salary: $22.1 million
- Median worker pay: $137,042 (161:1 ratio)

#88. Thomas Reeg (Caesars Entertainment Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $22.6 million
- Median worker pay: $35,618 (634:1 ratio)

#87. David Henshall (Citrix Systems Inc.)

- 2020 salary: $22.6 million
- Median worker pay: $129,724 (174:1 ratio)

#86. Michael Wirth (Chevron Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $22.6 million
- Median worker pay: $183,531 (123:1 ratio)

#85. G. Sievert (T-Mobile US Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $22.6 million
- Median worker pay: $72,572 (312:1 ratio)

#84. Jeffrey Storey (Lumen Technologies Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $22.7 million
- Median worker pay: $75,984 (298:1 ratio)

#83. H. Culp Jr. (General Electric Co.)

- 2021 salary: $22.7 million
- Median worker pay: $55,064 (412:1 ratio)

#82. Joseph Gorder (Valero Energy Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $22.7 million
- Median worker pay: $198,219 (114:1 ratio)

#81. James Farley Jr. (Ford Motor Co.)

- 2021 salary: $22.8 million
- Median worker pay: $64,003 (356:1 ratio)

#80. Terrence Duffy (CME Group Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $22.9 million
- Median worker pay: $153,565 (150:1 ratio)

#79. Robert Thomson (News Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $23.0 million
- Median worker pay: $68,984 (334:1 ratio)

#78. Julie Sweet (Accenture Plc)

- 2021 salary: $23.1 million
- Median worker pay: $48,770 (473:1 ratio)

#77. Evan Greenberg (Chubb Limited)

- 2021 salary: $23.2 million
- Median worker pay: $71,894 (322:1 ratio)

#76. Kevin Hourican (Sysco Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $23.2 million
- Median worker pay: $75,209 (309:1 ratio)

#75. Charles Meyers (Equinix Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $23.2 million
- Median worker pay: $122,075 (190:1 ratio)

#74. Christopher Nassetta (Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $23.3 million
- Median worker pay: $36,915 (631:1 ratio)

#73. Gregory Hayes (Raytheon Technologies Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $23.3 million
- Median worker pay: $112,078 (208:1 ratio)

#72. Jeffrey Sloan (Global Payments Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $23.3 million
- Median worker pay: $56,202 (415:1 ratio)

#71. Hafize Erkan (First Republic Bank)

- 2021 salary: $23.5 million
- Median worker pay: $162,300 (145:1 ratio)

#70. Juan Luciano (Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.)

- 2021 salary: $23.5 million
- Median worker pay: $81,320 (290:1 ratio)

#69. Phebe Novakovic (General Dynamics Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $23.6 million
- Median worker pay: $92,585 (254:1 ratio)

#68. Darren Woods (Exxon Mobil Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $23.6 million
- Median worker pay: $189,082 (125:1 ratio)

#67. Jeffrey Miller (Halliburton Co.)

- 2021 salary: $23.6 million
- Median worker pay: $81,076 (291:1 ratio)

#66. Brian Moynihan (Bank of America Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $23.7 million
- Median worker pay: $102,497 (232:1 ratio)

#65. Jen-Hsun Huang (NVIDIA Corp.)

- 2022 salary: $23.7 million
- Median worker pay: $217,542 (109:1 ratio)

#64. Ryan Lance (ConocoPhillips)

- 2021 salary: $23.9 million
- Median worker pay: $179,428 (133:1 ratio)

#63. David Taylor (The Procter & Gamble Co.)

- 2021 salary: $23.9 million
- Median worker pay: $69,671 (343:1 ratio)

#62. Richard Gonzalez (AbbVie Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $23.9 million
- Median worker pay: $149,662 (160:1 ratio)

#61. Donald Umpleby III (Caterpillar Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $24.3 million
- Median worker pay: $51,102 (475:1 ratio)

#60. Albert Bourla (Pfizer Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $24.4 million
- Median worker pay: $92,986 (262:1 ratio)

#59. Jeffrey Martin (Sempra Energy)

- 2021 salary: $24.7 million
- Median worker pay: $137,800 (179:1 ratio)

#58. John Stankey (AT&T Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $24.8 million
- Median worker pay: $107,570 (231:1 ratio)

#57. James Fitterling (Dow Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $24.9 million
- Median worker pay: $95,607 (260:1 ratio)

#56. James Quincey (The Coca-Cola Co.)

- 2021 salary: $24.9 million
- Median worker pay: $13,894 (1,791:1 ratio)

#55. Hamid Moghadam (Prologis Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $24.9 million
- Median worker pay: $114,183 (218:1 ratio)

#54. Robert Ford (Abbott Laboratories)

- 2021 salary: $24.9 million
- Median worker pay: $97,952 (254:1 ratio)

#53. Sasan Goodarzi (Intuit Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $24.9 million
- Median worker pay: $176,342 (141:1 ratio)

#52. Gary Norcross (Fidelity National Information Services Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $25.0 million
- Median worker pay: $64,135 (390:1 ratio)

#51. Sanjay Mehrotra (Micron Technology Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $25.3 million
- Median worker pay: $64,827 (391:1 ratio)

#50. James Robo (NextEra Energy Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $25.3 million
- Median worker pay: $132,798 (191:1 ratio)

#49. Sharmistha Dubey (Match Group Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $25.4 million
- Median worker pay: $106,881 (238:1 ratio)

#48. Charles Robbins (Cisco Systems Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $25.4 million
- Median worker pay: $124,806 (204:1 ratio)

#47. Ramon Laguarta (PepsiCo Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $25.5 million
- Median worker pay: $52,297 (488:1 ratio)

#46. Stephen Squeri (American Express Co.)

- 2021 salary: $25.5 million
- Median worker pay: $67,460 (378:1 ratio)

#45. C. McMillon (Walmart Inc.)

- 2022 salary: $25.7 million
- Median worker pay: $25,335 (1,013:1 ratio)

#44. Darius Adamczyk (Honeywell International Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $26.1 million
- Median worker pay: $75,529 (346:1 ratio)

#43. Alex Gorsky (Johnson & Johnson)

- 2022 salary: $26.7 million
- Median worker pay: $90,000 (297:1 ratio)

#42. David Gibbs (Yum! Brands Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $27.6 million
- Median worker pay: $13,082 (2,108:1 ratio)

#41. Carol Tome (United Parcel Service Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $27.6 million
- Median worker pay: $50,379 (548:1 ratio)

#40. Lachlan Murdoch (Fox Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $27.7 million
- Median worker pay: $80,732 (343:1 ratio)

#39. Rosalind Brewer (Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $28.3 million
- Median worker pay: $26,255 (1,084:1 ratio)

#38. Marc Benioff (Salesforce Inc.)

- 2022 salary: $28.6 million
- Median worker pay: $181,612 (157:1 ratio)

#37. Ari Bousbib (IQVIA Holdings Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $28.6 million
- Median worker pay: $139,803 (205:1 ratio)

#36. Michael Salvino (DXC Technology Co.)

- 2022 salary: $28.7 million
- Median worker pay: $44,156 (650:1 ratio)

#35. Mary Barra (General Motors Co.)

- 2021 salary: $29.1 million
- Median worker pay: $69,433 (420:1 ratio)

#34. Lisa Su (Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $29.5 million
- Median worker pay: $128,263 (230:1 ratio)

#33. Parag Agrawal (Twitter Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $30.4 million
- Median worker pay: $232,626 (130:1 ratio)

#32. David Auld (D.R. Horton Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $30.6 million
- Median worker pay: $107,880 (284:1 ratio)

#31. Vincent Roche (Analog Devices Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $30.8 million
- Median worker pay: $46,141 (668:1 ratio)

#30. Alfred Kelly Jr. (Visa Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $30.9 million
- Median worker pay: $146,420 (211:1 ratio)

#29. Robert G. Goldstein (Las Vegas Sands Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $31.2 million
- Median worker pay: $35,879 (866:1 ratio)

#28. Stephen Angel (Linde Plc)

- 2021 salary: $31.4 million
- Median worker pay: $40,659 (773:1 ratio)

#27. Ernie Herrman (The TJX Companies Inc.)

- 2022 salary: $31.8 million
- Median worker pay: $14,139 (2,249:1 ratio)

#26. Daniel Schulman (PayPal Holdings Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $32.1 million
- Median worker pay: $83,905 (382:1 ratio)

#25. Robert Chapek (The Walt Disney Co.)

- 2021 salary: $32.5 million
- Median worker pay: $50,430 (644:1 ratio)

#24. Laurence Fink (BlackRock Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $32.6 million
- Median worker pay: $164,492 (198:1 ratio)

#23. John Donahoe II (NIKE Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $32.9 million
- Median worker pay: $36,077 (913:1 ratio)

#22. Brian Roberts (Comcast Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $34.0 million
- Median worker pay: $83,840 (405:1 ratio)

#21. Richard Beckwitt and Jonathan Jaffe (Lennar Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $34.0 million
- Median worker pay: $101,561 (335:1 ratio)

#20. James Gorman (Morgan Stanley)

- 2021 salary: $34.9 million
- Median worker pay: $137,069 (255:1 ratio)

#19. Gary Dickerson (Applied Materials Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $35.3 million
- Median worker pay: $109,304 (323:1 ratio)

#18. Shantanu Narayen (Adobe Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $36.1 million
- Median worker pay: $165,733 (218:1 ratio)

#17. David Lesar (CenterPoint Energy Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $37.8 million
- Median worker pay: $103,170 (366:1 ratio)

#16. David Solomon (The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $39.5 million
- Median worker pay: $165,828 (238:1 ratio)

#15. Josh Silverman (Etsy Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $40.6 million
- Median worker pay: $231,338 (175:1 ratio)

#14. Reed Hastings (Netflix Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $40.8 million
- Median worker pay: $201,743 (202:1 ratio)

#13. Thomas Rutledge (Charter Communications Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $41.9 million
- Median worker pay: $60,007 (698:1 ratio)

#12. Satya Nadella (Microsoft Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $49.9 million
- Median worker pay: $176,858 (282:1 ratio)

#11. Glenn Fogel (Booking Holdings Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $54.0 million
- Median worker pay: $58,005 (931:1 ratio)

#10. Ronald Clarke (FLEETCOR Technologies Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $57.9 million
- Median worker pay: $41,265 (1,404:1 ratio)

#9. Hock Tan (Broadcom Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $60.7 million
- Median worker pay: $247,541 (245:1 ratio)

#8. Jay Snowden (Penn National Gaming Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $65.9 million
- Median worker pay: $33,930 (1,942:1 ratio)

#7. Fabrizio Freda (The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $66.0 million
- Median worker pay: $33,586 (1,965:1 ratio)

#6. James Dimon (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)

- 2021 salary: $84.4 million
- Median worker pay: $92,112 (917:1 ratio)

#5. Timothy Cook (Apple Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $98.7 million
- Median worker pay: $68,254 (1,447:1 ratio)

#4. William McDermott (ServiceNow Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $165.8 million
- Median worker pay: $233,859 (709:1 ratio)

#3. Patrick Gelsinger (Intel Corp.)

- 2021 salary: $178.6 million
- Median worker pay: $104,400 (1,711:1 ratio)

#2. Andrew Jassy (Amazon.com Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $212.7 million
- Median worker pay: $32,855 (6,474:1 ratio)

#1. Peter Kern (Expedia Group Inc.)

- 2021 salary: $296.2 million
- Median worker pay: $102,270 (2,897:1 ratio)

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