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CEO Pay in New York

Executive compensation data for 12 public companies headquartered in New York.

12 public companies headquartered in New York appear in our SEC proxy-statement dataset, with average CEO compensation of $14.1M. The highest-paid CEO based in New York is at Goldman Sachs, with total comp of $27.6M.

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.

12
Companies
$14.1M
Avg CEO Comp
$12.0M
Median CEO Comp
155:1
Avg Pay Ratio

Companies HQ'd in New York

Frequently Asked Questions

Across 12 public companies headquartered in New York, the average CEO compensation is $14.1M and the median is $12.0M.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon leads with total compensation of $27.6M and a pay ratio of 230:1.

The average CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio for companies headquartered in New York is 155:1. The national average across all tracked companies is approximately 350:1.

Sources: SEC EDGAR Proxy Statements (DEF 14A)
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Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements, 2026.