CEO Pay in Virginia
Executive compensation data for 4 public companies headquartered in Virginia.
4 public companies headquartered in Virginia appear in our SEC proxy-statement dataset, with average CEO compensation of $10.0M. The highest-paid CEO based in Virginia is at Boeing, with total comp of $12.0M.
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 Virginia
Boeing (BA)
CEO: Kelly Ortberg · Aerospace & Defense · Pay ratio: 120:1
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
CEO: Chris Calio · Aerospace & Defense · Pay ratio: 120:1
General Dynamics (GD)
CEO: Phebe Novakovic · Aerospace & Defense · Pay ratio: 80:1
Northrop Grumman (NOC)
CEO: Kathy Warden · Aerospace & Defense · Pay ratio: 80:1
Frequently Asked Questions
Across 4 public companies headquartered in Virginia, the average CEO compensation is $10.0M and the median is $12.0M.
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg leads with total compensation of $12.0M and a pay ratio of 120:1.
The average CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio for companies headquartered in Virginia is 100:1. The national average across all tracked companies is approximately 350:1.
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements, 2026.