CEO Pay in California
Executive compensation data for 20 public companies headquartered in California.
Companies HQ'd in California
Apple (AAPL)
CEO: Tim Cook · Technology Hardware · Pay ratio: 7125:1
Meta Platforms (META)
CEO: Mark Zuckerberg · Social Media · Pay ratio: 3885:1
NVIDIA (NVDA)
CEO: Jensen Huang · Semiconductors · Pay ratio: 3133:1
Alphabet (GOOGL)
CEO: Sundar Pichai · Internet Services · Pay ratio: 3714:1
Broadcom (AVGO)
CEO: Hock Tan · Semiconductors · Pay ratio: 1014:1
Visa (V)
CEO: Ryan McInerney · Payment Processing · Pay ratio: 1387:1
Netflix (NFLX)
CEO: Ted Sarandos · Streaming · Pay ratio: 992:1
Chevron (CVX)
CEO: Mike Wirth · Oil & Gas · Pay ratio: 671:1
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
CEO: Chuck Robbins · Networking · Pay ratio: 516:1
Qualcomm (QCOM)
CEO: Cristiano Amon · Semiconductors · Pay ratio: 627:1
Wells Fargo (WFC)
CEO: Charlie Scharf · Banks · Pay ratio: 539:1
Amgen (AMGN)
CEO: Robert Bradway · Biotechnology · Pay ratio: 576:1
Adobe (ADBE)
CEO: Shantanu Narayen · Software · Pay ratio: 1086:1
Salesforce (CRM)
CEO: Marc Benioff · Software · Pay ratio: 565:1
Walt Disney (DIS)
CEO: Bob Iger · Entertainment · Pay ratio: 279:1
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
CEO: Gary Guthart · Medical Devices · Pay ratio: 244:1
Intel (INTC)
CEO: Pat Gelsinger · Semiconductors · Pay ratio: 171:1
Airbnb (ABNB)
CEO: Brian Chesky · Online Travel · Pay ratio: 151:1
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
CEO: Daniel O'Day · Biotechnology · Pay ratio: 243:1
Edwards Lifesciences (EW)
CEO: Bernard Zovighian · Medical Devices · Pay ratio: 70:1
Frequently Asked Questions
Across 20 public companies headquartered in California, the average CEO compensation is $109.2M and the median is $44.0M.
Apple CEO Tim Cook leads with total compensation of $666.7M and a pay ratio of 7125:1.
The average CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio for companies headquartered in California is 1349:1. The national average across all tracked companies is approximately 350:1.