CEO pay
What public-company CEOs are paid
Total pay for the chief executives of 3,147 US public companies, each from the company's own proxy statement filed with the SEC. The median was $3.2M.
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Agriculture
17 companies
Autos, Aerospace & Transportation Equipment
84 companies
Banking & Depository
245 companies
Brokers, Asset Managers & Exchanges
49 companies
Business Services & Software
112 companies
Chemicals & Allied Products (incl. Pharma)
72 companies
Communications & Telecom
50 companies
Construction & Homebuilding
41 companies
Consumer & Specialty Finance
83 companies
Educational Services
11 companies
Electronics & Electrical Equipment
85 companies
Engineering & Management Services
40 companies
Food & Beverage Manufacturing
54 companies
Health Services
61 companies
Holding & Investment Offices (incl. REITs)
127 companies
Hotels, Entertainment & Recreation
60 companies
Industrial Machinery & Computer Equipment
120 companies
Instruments, Medical & Lab Equipment
75 companies
Insurance Agents & Brokers
20 companies
Insurance Carriers
87 companies
Medical Devices & Supplies
128 companies
Metals & Metal Products
62 companies
Mining
53 companies
Oil, Gas & Energy
81 companies
Other Manufacturing (Textiles, Paper, Plastics, Furniture…)
111 companies
Personal, Repair & Other Services
19 companies
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
465 companies
Real Estate
35 companies
Restaurants
31 companies
Retail — Specialty & Online
43 companies
Retail — Stores, Grocery & Auto Dealers
67 companies
Semiconductors & Electronic Components
96 companies
Software & IT Services
263 companies
Transportation & Logistics
52 companies
Utilities
86 companies
Wholesale Trade — Durable Goods
31 companies
Wholesale Trade — Nondurable Goods
27 companies
Other industries
4 companies
Source: each company's latest definitive proxy statement (SEC Form DEF 14A). Figures are as reported. Snapshot as of 2026-10-28.