CEO Pay in Washington
SEC-disclosed CEO total compensation for 4 public companies headquartered in Washington.
4 public companies headquartered in Washington appear in our SEC proxy-statement dataset, with average CEO compensation of $35.9M. The highest-paid CEO based in Washington is at Microsoft, with total comp of $96.5M.
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 Washington
Microsoft (MSFT)
CEO: Satya Nadella · Software
Starbucks (SBUX)
CEO: Brian Niccol · Restaurants
Costco (COST)
CEO: Ron Vachris · Retail
Amazon (AMZN)
CEO: Andy Jassy · Internet Retail
Top-Paid CEOs in Washington
Frequently Asked Questions
Across 4 public companies headquartered in Washington with a real SEC-disclosed CEO total, the average CEO compensation is $35.9M and the median is $31.0M.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella leads with SEC-disclosed total compensation of $96.5M.
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.