The study analyzed the total compensation of the highest paid CEO at public companies in 46 states. Executives included in the study had been with a company for at least two years and were at companies that filed a proxy between Jan. 1 and April 30.
Here are the highest paid CEOs:
1. First Data (Georgia), Frank J. Bisignano: $102,210,396.00
2. Live Nation Entertainment (California), Michael Rapino: $70,615,760.00
3. CBS (New York), Leslie Moonves: $68,375,015.00
4. Liberty Media & Qurate Retail Group (Colorado), Gregory B. Maffei: $67,622,019.00
5. TransDigm Group (Ohio), W. Nicholas Howley: $61,023,102.00
6. TripAdvisor (Massachusetts), Stephen Kaufer: $43,160,584.00
7. Discovery Communications (Maryland), David M. Zaslav: $42,247,984.00
8. Wynn Resorts (Nevada), Stephen A. Wynn: $34,522,695.00
9. Comcast (Pennsylvania), Brian L. Roberts: $32,520,224.00
10. Roper Technologies (Florida), Brian D. Jellison: $29,158,675.00
11. AT&T (Texas), Randall L. Stephenson: $25,614,625.00
12. Centene (Missouri), Michael F. Neidorff: $25,259,468.00
13. Ventas (Illinois), Debra A. Cafaro: $25,254,607.00
14. T-Mobile US (Washington), John J. Legere: $23,631,206.00
15. Johnson & Johnson (New Jersey), Alex Gorsky: $22,995,564.00
16. Walmart (Arkansas), C. Douglas McMillon: $22,791,276.00
17. Ameriprise Financial (Minnesota), James M. Cracchiolo: $22,433,422.00
18. General Motors (Michigan), Mary T. Barra: $21,905,256.00
19. Bank of America (North Carolina), Brian T. Moynihan: $21,355,481.00
20. General Dynamics (Virginia), Phebe N. Novakovic: $21,200,768.00
21. Aetna (Connecticut), Mark T. Bertolini: $18,702,992.00
22. Tempur Sealy International (Kentucky), Scott L. Thompson: $18,021,396.00
23. Freeport-McMoRan (Arizona), Richard C. Adkerson: $16,194,102.00
24. Incyte (Delaware), Hervé Hoppenot: $16,087,031.00
25. Chesapeake Energy (Oklahoma), Robert D. Lawler: $14,903,906.00
26. Danaher (Washington, D.C.), Thomas P. Joyce: $14,779,478.00
27. CenturyLink (Louisiana), Glen F. Post, III: $14,319,617.00
28. Eastman Chemical (Tennessee), Mark J. Costa: $14,040,802.00
29. Cummins (Indiana), N. Thomas Linebarger: $13,151,465.00
30. Textron (Rhode Island), Scott C. Donnelly: $13,148,547.00
31. ManpowerGroup (Wisconsin), Jonas Prising: $11,987,873.00
32. Union Pacific (Nebraska), Lance M. Fritz: $11,303,088.00
33. WEX (Maine), Melissa D. Smith: $10,847,606.00
34. Regions Financial (Alabama), O. B. Grayson Hall, Jr.: $9,438,642.00
35. Principal Financial Group (Iowa), Daniel J. Houston: $9,406,128.00
36. Domtar (South Carolina), John D. Williams: $7,030,262.00
37. Sanderson Farms (Mississippi), Joe F. Sanderson, Jr.: $6,640,211.00
38. Lithia Motors (Oregon), Bryan B. DeBoer: $5,878,631.00
39. Hawaiian Electric Industries (Hawaii), Constance H. Lau: $5,381,983.00
40. PNM Resources (New Mexico), Patricia K. Collawn: $4,425,922.00
41. Boise Cascade (Idaho), Thomas K. Corrick: $4,102,673.00
42. Euronet Worldwide (Kansas), Michael J. Brown: $3,860,972.00
43. MDU Resources Group (North Dakota), David L. Goodin: $3,727,609.00
44. Black Hills (South Dakota), David R. Emery: $3,408,005.00
45. Zions (Utah), Harris H. Simmons: $3,240,180.00
46. PC Connection (New Hampshire), Timothy McGrath: $1,648,275.00
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