CEO Pay in Illinois
Executive compensation data for 4 public companies headquartered in Illinois.
4 public companies headquartered in Illinois appear in our SEC proxy-statement dataset, with average CEO compensation of $10.0M. The highest-paid CEO based in Illinois is at AbbVie, 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 Illinois
AbbVie (ABBV)
CEO: Robert Michael · Pharmaceuticals · Pay ratio: 120:1
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
CEO: Robert Ford · Medical Devices · Pay ratio: 133:1
United Airlines (UAL)
CEO: Scott Kirby · Airlines · Pay ratio: 107:1
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
CEO: Chris O'Herlihy · Diversified Manufacturing · Pay ratio: 100:1
Frequently Asked Questions
Across 4 public companies headquartered in Illinois, the average CEO compensation is $10.0M and the median is $12.0M.
AbbVie CEO Robert Michael leads with total compensation of $12.0M and a pay ratio of 120:1.
The average CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio for companies headquartered in Illinois is 115:1. The national average across all tracked companies is approximately 350:1.
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements, 2026.