CEO Pay in Nebraska
Executive compensation data for 2 public companies headquartered in Nebraska.
2 public companies headquartered in Nebraska appear in our SEC proxy-statement dataset, with average CEO compensation of $18.5M. The highest-paid CEO based in Nebraska is at Berkshire Hathaway, with total comp of $25.0M.
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 Nebraska
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
CEO: Greg Abel · Diversified Financials · Pay ratio: 313:1
Union Pacific (UNP)
CEO: Jim Vena · Railroads · Pay ratio: 160:1
Frequently Asked Questions
Across 2 public companies headquartered in Nebraska, the average CEO compensation is $18.5M and the median is $25.0M.
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel leads with total compensation of $25.0M and a pay ratio of 313:1.
The average CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio for companies headquartered in Nebraska is 236:1. The national average across all tracked companies is approximately 350:1.
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements, 2026.