CEO Pay in Georgia
Executive compensation data for 5 public companies headquartered in Georgia.
5 public companies headquartered in Georgia appear in our SEC proxy-statement dataset, with average CEO compensation of $10.4M. The highest-paid CEO based in Georgia is at Home Depot, with total comp of $12.0M.
State-level CEO pay rankings reflect the headquarters geography of public companies, not where their workers or revenue is concentrated. New York, California, Texas, and Connecticut hold the largest shares of S&P 500 headquarters and therefore dominate state rankings; many states host only a handful of public-company headquarters. Each company below links to its full CEO compensation profile with multi-year history, pay-versus-performance score, say-on-pay results, and named executive officer breakdown.
Companies HQ'd in Georgia
Home Depot (HD)
CEO: Ted Decker · Home Improvement · Pay ratio: 343:1
Coca-Cola (KO)
CEO: James Quincey · Beverages · Pay ratio: 200:1
UPS (UPS)
CEO: Carol Tome · Logistics · Pay ratio: 218:1
Delta Air Lines (DAL)
CEO: Ed Bastian · Airlines · Pay ratio: 107:1
Southern Company (SO)
CEO: Chris Womack · Electric Utilities · Pay ratio: 84:1
Frequently Asked Questions
Across 5 public companies headquartered in Georgia, the average CEO compensation is $10.4M and the median is $12.0M.
Home Depot CEO Ted Decker leads with total compensation of $12.0M and a pay ratio of 343:1.
The average CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio for companies headquartered in Georgia is 190:1. The national average across all tracked companies is approximately 350:1.
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements, 2026.