CEO Salary & Executive Compensation
Apple AAPL
CEO: Tim Cook · Technology Hardware · 164,000 employees
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple (AAPL), was reported with $74.3M in total compensation in 2025 — the SEC-disclosed headline total ("Total" line) from the Apple DEF 14A proxy statement. The per-line-item salary, stock, and option split is disclosed inside that filing and is not reproduced or estimated here.
How Apple CEO Pay Compares
Tim Cook's $74.3M SEC-disclosed total compensation is 0% below the Technology Hardware industry median of $74.3M across 1 tracked companies with real disclosed totals.
Source: CEO total compensation is the SEC-disclosed headline figure (iXBRL ecd:PeoTotalCompAmt) from Apple’s DEF 14A proxy statement. Per-line-item salary / stock / option splits are disclosed in the filing and are not reproduced or estimated here.
Total Compensation History
| Fiscal Year | Total Compensation (SEC-disclosed) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $74.3M |
| 2024 | $74.6M |
| 2023 | $63.2M |
| 2022 | $99.4M |
| 2021 | $98.7M |
Figures are the headline “Total” from each year’s SEC DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. The line-item salary / bonus / stock / option split is disclosed in the source proxy and is not reproduced or estimated here.
CEO total compensation is sourced from SEC DEF 14A proxy filings submitted to EDGAR (headline total only). The Economic Policy Institute's CEO pay analysis provides additional context on executive compensation trends across industries.
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple (AAPL), was reported with $74.3M in total compensation — the SEC-disclosed headline total ("Total" line) from the company's most recent DEF 14A proxy statement. The per-line-item salary, stock, and option split is disclosed inside that filing and is not reproduced here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple (AAPL), was reported with $74.3M in total compensation — the SEC-disclosed headline total ("Total" line) from the company's most recent DEF 14A proxy statement. The per-line-item salary, stock, and option split is disclosed inside that filing and is not reproduced here.
The figure above is from fiscal year 2025, as reported in Apple's SEC DEF 14A proxy statement. The compensation history table shows up to five disclosed fiscal years.
Every figure is the SEC-disclosed headline total (iXBRL ecd:PeoTotalCompAmt — the Summary Compensation Table "Total" line) from Apple's DEF 14A proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We report the disclosed total only and never estimate it.
Apple employs approximately 164,000 people. The company operates in the Technology Hardware industry within the Technology sector, generating $383.3B in annual revenue.