CEO Pay in Texas
SEC-disclosed CEO total compensation for 2 public companies headquartered in Texas.
2 public companies headquartered in Texas appear in our SEC proxy-statement dataset, with average CEO compensation of $31.5M. The highest-paid CEO based in Texas is at ExxonMobil, with total comp of $33.0M.
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, including the SEC-disclosed headline total and its multi-year history from the company’s DEF 14A proxy filings.
Companies HQ'd in Texas
ExxonMobil (XOM)
CEO: Darren Woods · Oil & Gas
AT&T (T)
CEO: John Stankey · Telecommunications
Top-Paid CEOs in Texas
Frequently Asked Questions
Across 2 public companies headquartered in Texas with a real SEC-disclosed CEO total, the average CEO compensation is $31.5M and the median is $33.0M.
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods leads with SEC-disclosed total compensation of $33.0M.
Every figure is the SEC-disclosed headline total compensation (iXBRL ecd:PeoTotalCompAmt) from each company's DEF 14A proxy filing. We report the disclosed total only and never estimate it.
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements, 2026.