CEO Pay in Michigan
SEC-disclosed CEO total compensation 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 $28.7M. The highest-paid CEO based in Michigan is at General Motors, with total comp of $29.9M.
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, including the SEC-disclosed headline total and its multi-year history from the company’s DEF 14A proxy filings.
Companies HQ'd in Michigan
General Motors (GM)
CEO: Mary Barra · Automobiles
Ford Motor (F)
CEO: Jim Farley · Automobiles
Top-Paid CEOs in Michigan
Frequently Asked Questions
Across 2 public companies headquartered in Michigan with a real SEC-disclosed CEO total, the average CEO compensation is $28.7M and the median is $29.9M.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra leads with SEC-disclosed total compensation of $29.9M.
Every figure is the SEC-disclosed headline total compensation (iXBRL ecd:PeoTotalCompAmt) from each company's DEF 14A proxy filing. We report the disclosed total only and never estimate it.
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements, 2026.