CEO Pay in Michigan
Executive compensation data for 2 public companies headquartered in Michigan.
2 public companies headquartered in Michigan appear in our SEC proxy-statement dataset, with average CEO compensation of $9.1M. The highest-paid CEO based in Michigan is at Ford Motor, with total comp of $10.2M.
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 Michigan
Ford Motor (F)
CEO: Jim Farley · Automobiles · Pay ratio: 157:1
General Motors (GM)
CEO: Mary Barra · Automobiles · Pay ratio: 123:1
Frequently Asked Questions
Across 2 public companies headquartered in Michigan, the average CEO compensation is $9.1M and the median is $10.2M.
Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley leads with total compensation of $10.2M and a pay ratio of 157:1.
The average CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio for companies headquartered in Michigan is 140:1. The national average across all tracked companies is approximately 350:1.
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements, 2026.