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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.

4
Companies
$14.5M
Avg CEO Comp
$12.0M
Median CEO Comp
203:1
Avg Pay Ratio

Companies HQ'd in North Carolina

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.

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