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CEO pay

Autos, Aerospace & Transportation Equipment

84 public companies. The median chief executive was paid $5M; the middle half $1.4M to $10.5M.

All sectors

CompanyChief executiveTotal payYear
AAR CORPJohn M. Holmes$9.9M2026
Adient plcJerome J. Dorlack$13.1M2025
AeroVironment IncTrace Stevenson$2.4M2026
Aeva Technologies, Inc.Soroush Salehian Dardashti$8.8M2025
AEye, Inc.Matthew Fisch$1.9M2025
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.Alison Burgett$320K2025
AIR INDUSTRIES GROUPScott Glassman$596K2024
AIRO Group Holdings, Inc.John Uczekaj$1.2M2025
Allison Transmission Holdings IncDavid S. Graziosi$8M2025
Aptiv PLCVarun Laroyia$7.1M2025
Archer Aviation Inc.Adam Goldstein$11.4M2025
ASTRONICS CORPMark A. Peabody$1.5M2025
Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc.Stephanie J. Disher$7M2025
AUTOLIV INCMikael Bratt$4.8M2025
BETA Technologies, Inc.Kyle Clark$15.9M2025
Blue Bird CorpJohn Wyskiel$3.4M2025
BOEING COStephanie F. Pope$14.4M2025
BORGWARNER INCJoseph F. Fadool$7.3M2024
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.James R. Ray$2M2024
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc.JEFFREY S.$5.2M2025
CPI AEROSTRUCTURES INCDorith Hakim$643K2025
DANA IncR. Bruce McDonald$5.6M2025
Dauch CorpDavid C.Dauch⁽¹⁾$11.5M2025
Dorman Products, Inc.Kevin M. Olsen$6.7M2025
DUCOMMUN INC /DE/Stephen G. Oswald$10.3M2025
DUKE Robotics Corp.Shlomo Zakai (2) –$23K2024
DYNAMIC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS CorpPanagiotis Lazaretos$18K2023
Eve Holding, Inc.Eduardo Couto ( 5 )$1.2M2025
FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP /DE/Jennifer L. Sherman$8.4M2025
Firefly Aerospace Inc.Darren Ma$11.3M2025
Fly-E Group, Inc.Zhou Ou$100K2025
FORD MOTOR COJames D. Farley$27.5M2025
Garrett Motion Inc.Olivier Rabiller$9.4M2025
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPPhebe N. Novakovic$25.9M2025
General Motors CoMary T. Barra$29.9M2025
GENTEX CORPSteve Downing$5.9M2025
Gentherm IncBill Presley$13M2025
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INCLORIE L. TEKORIUS$7.7M2025
HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC.Artie Starrs$8.6M2025
HEICO CORPEric A. Mendelson$13M2025
Holley Inc.Matthew J. Stevenson$4.4M2025
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCVimal Kapur$20.4M2025
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC.Christopher D. Kastner$13.8M2025
Hyliion Holdings Corp.Jon Panzer$1.2M2025
Joby Aviation, Inc.Didier Papadopoulos$3.3M2025
Karman Holdings Inc.Tony Koblinski$2.1M2024
KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.Steven Fendley$3.4M2025
LCI INDUSTRIESJason D. Lippert$10.1M2025
Leatt CorpSean Macdonald$624K2025
LiveWire Group, Inc.Karim Donnez$2.9M2025
Loar Holdings Inc.Charles$3.3M2024
Lucid Group, Inc.Marc Winterhoff$9.7M2025
MALIBU BOATS, INC.Steven D. Menneto$4.2M2025
MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc.BRADLEY M. NELSON$523K2025
Momentus Inc.John C. Rood$1.1M2025
MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INCSelwyn Joffe$4.8M2026
New Horizon Aircraft Ltd.Brandon Robinson$736K2025
NextBoat Inc.Chad Corbin$718K2025
OSHKOSH CORPJohn C. Pfeifer$12.9M2025
PARK AEROSPACE CORPMark Esquivel$405K2026
PATRICK INDUSTRIES INCAndy L. Nemeth$10.1M2025
PHINIA INC.Brady D. Ericson$11.4M2025
PHOENIX MOTOR INC.Michael Yung$140K2024
Polaris Inc.Michael T. Speetzen$11.1M2025
Redwire CorpPeter Cannito$4.4M2025
Rivian Automotive, Inc. / DERobert J. Scaringe$402.6M2025
Rocket Lab CorpPeter Beck$20.1M2024
SIFCO INDUSTRIES INCPeter W. Knapper$319K2025
STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.James J. Burke$1.7M2025
StandardAero, Inc.Daniel Satterfield$2.4M2025
Stark Novus Financial Inc.William Gallagher$564K2024
STONERIDGE INCMatthew R. Horvath$1.5M2025
STRATTEC SECURITY CORPMatthew Pauli$1.5M2026
TEXTRON INCScott C. Donnelly$19.6M2024
Thunder Power Holdings, Inc.Pok Man Ho$90K2024
TransDigm Group INCKevin M. Stein$25.2M2025
TRINITY INDUSTRIES INCE. Jean Savage$7.5M2025
VISTEON CORPSachin S. Lawande$16.8M2025
Voyager Technologies, Inc./TXDylan Taylor$4.7M2025
WABASH NATIONAL CorpBrent L. Yeagy$5.7M2025
WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES INCMichael J. Happe$9M2025
Workhorse Group Inc.Scott Griffith$339K2025
Worksport LtdSteven Rossi$509K2024
Xos, Inc.Dakota Semler$2.5M2025

Source: each company's latest definitive proxy statement (SEC Form DEF 14A), Summary Compensation Table. Figures are as reported. Snapshot as of 2026-10-28.

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