CEO Pay in North Carolina
Executive compensation data for 4 public companies headquartered in North Carolina.
4 public companies headquartered in North Carolina appear in our SEC proxy-statement dataset, with average CEO compensation of $14.5M. The highest-paid CEO based in North Carolina is at Bank of America, with total comp of $30.0M.
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 North Carolina
Bank of America (BAC)
CEO: Brian Moynihan · Banks · Pay ratio: 462:1
Honeywell (HON)
CEO: Vimal Kapur · Diversified Manufacturing · Pay ratio: 150:1
Duke Energy (DUK)
CEO: Lynn Good · Electric Utilities · Pay ratio: 84:1
Nucor (NUE)
CEO: Leon Topalian · Steel · Pay ratio: 114:1
Frequently Asked Questions
Across 4 public companies headquartered in North Carolina, the average CEO compensation is $14.5M and the median is $12.0M.
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan leads with total compensation of $30.0M and a pay ratio of 462:1.
The average CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio for companies headquartered in North Carolina is 203:1. The national average across all tracked companies is approximately 350:1.
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements, 2026.