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CEO Pay in Texas

Executive compensation data for 8 public companies headquartered in Texas.

8 public companies headquartered in Texas appear in our SEC proxy-statement dataset, with average CEO compensation of $15.5M. The highest-paid CEO based in Texas is at Oracle, 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.

8
Companies
$15.5M
Avg CEO Comp
$13.0M
Median CEO Comp
159:1
Avg Pay Ratio

Companies HQ'd in Texas

Frequently Asked Questions

Across 8 public companies headquartered in Texas, the average CEO compensation is $15.5M and the median is $13.0M.

Oracle CEO Safra Catz leads with total compensation of $30.0M and a pay ratio of 188:1.

The average CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio for companies headquartered in Texas is 159:1. 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.