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.
Companies HQ'd in Texas
Oracle (ORCL)
CEO: Safra Catz · Software · Pay ratio: 188:1
ExxonMobil (XOM)
CEO: Darren Woods · Oil & Gas · Pay ratio: 150:1
Tesla (TSLA)
CEO: Elon Musk · Automobiles · Pay ratio: 231:1
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
CEO: Bob Jordan · Airlines · Pay ratio: 173:1
AT&T (T)
CEO: John Stankey · Telecommunications · Pay ratio: 120:1
Caterpillar (CAT)
CEO: Jim Umpleby · Machinery · Pay ratio: 160:1
ConocoPhillips (COP)
CEO: Ryan Lance · Oil & Gas · Pay ratio: 100:1
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
CEO: Walt Bettinger · Brokerage · Pay ratio: 150:1
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.
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements, 2026.