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.
Companies HQ'd in New York
Goldman Sachs (GS)
CEO: David Solomon · Investment Banking · Pay ratio: 230:1
Morgan Stanley (MS)
CEO: Ted Pick · Investment Banking · Pay ratio: 128:1
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
CEO: Jamie Dimon · Banks · Pay ratio: 231:1
IBM (IBM)
CEO: Arvind Krishna · IT Services · Pay ratio: 144:1
Citigroup (C)
CEO: Jane Fraser · Banks · Pay ratio: 205:1
Mastercard (MA)
CEO: Michael Miebach · Payment Processing · Pay ratio: 120:1
PepsiCo (PEP)
CEO: Ramon Laguarta · Beverages · Pay ratio: 200:1
Pfizer (PFE)
CEO: Albert Bourla · Pharmaceuticals · Pay ratio: 120:1
Verizon (VZ)
CEO: Hans Vestberg · Telecommunications · Pay ratio: 120:1
Regeneron (REGN)
CEO: Leonard Schleifer · Biotechnology · Pay ratio: 96:1
BlackRock (BLK)
CEO: Larry Fink · Asset Management · Pay ratio: 109:1
American Express (AXP)
CEO: Stephen Squeri · Consumer Finance · Pay ratio: 160:1
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.
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements, 2026.