CEO Pay in Massachusetts
Executive compensation data for 2 public companies headquartered in Massachusetts.
2 public companies headquartered in Massachusetts appear in our SEC proxy-statement dataset, with average CEO compensation of $13.8M. The highest-paid CEO based in Massachusetts is at General Electric, with total comp of $18.0M.
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 Massachusetts
General Electric (GE)
CEO: Larry Culp · Aerospace & Defense · Pay ratio: 180:1
Moderna (MRNA)
CEO: Stephane Bancel · Biotechnology · Pay ratio: 77:1
Frequently Asked Questions
Across 2 public companies headquartered in Massachusetts, the average CEO compensation is $13.8M and the median is $18.0M.
General Electric CEO Larry Culp leads with total compensation of $18.0M and a pay ratio of 180:1.
The average CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio for companies headquartered in Massachusetts is 129:1. The national average across all tracked companies is approximately 350:1.
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements, 2026.