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Musk Gets $158.3B Pay, Driving S&P CEO Wages Up

8/14/2026

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  • Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, received $158.3 billion in 2025 compensation, making him the first trillionaire in June.
  • Musk’s pay was 2,522,203 times a Tesla worker’s $57,243 salary and 14 times larger than the combined compensation of all other S&P 500 CEOs.
  • Musk’s compensation lifted average S&P 500 CEO pay to $340.1 million in 2025, a 1,700% jump while the average without him was $22.8 million, up 21%.