What is the average CEO salary in the US?

The average CEO salary in the United States is $206,420 per year according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

What is the salary range for a CEO?

CEO salaries typically range from $73,710 (10th percentile) to N/A (90th percentile).

CEO Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for CEO positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$206,420

National average

Salary Range

$73,710 – N/A

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Chief Executives Salary by City

Location	Median Salary	Min	Max
Cleveland, OH	$239,130	$81,910	N/A
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area	$238,460	$98,230	N/A
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	$236,800	$109,100	N/A
Wausau, WI	$236,650	$97,780	N/A
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$234,890	$105,120	N/A
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	$234,040	$88,710	N/A
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	$233,640	$70,300	N/A
Bend, OR	$233,520	$47,190	N/A
Richmond, VA	$232,850	$130,660	N/A
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$232,600	$154,400	N/A
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$232,510	$72,020	N/A
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	$231,990	$70,520	N/A
Hawaii	$231,500	$119,030	N/A
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$231,500	$97,330	N/A
Kenosha, WI	$231,200	$99,400	N/A
Roanoke, VA	$230,320	$108,900	N/A
Madison, WI	$228,960	$104,840	N/A
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$228,640	$121,950	N/A
Eau Claire, WI	$227,050	$92,810	N/A
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$226,660	$96,910	N/A
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$226,440	$139,110	N/A
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	$225,980	$81,580	N/A
Savannah, GA	$225,950	$52,740	N/A
Yakima, WA	$225,480	$151,030	N/A
Lexington Park, MD	$225,000	$166,750	N/A
Evansville, IN	$223,430	$75,910	N/A
Omaha, NE-IA	$221,120	$102,880	N/A
Salinas, CA	$221,090	$96,390	N/A
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$220,960	$88,440	N/A
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	$220,900	$107,030	N/A
California	$220,600	$87,070	N/A
Billings, MT	$220,590	$87,240	N/A
Pennsylvania	$220,510	$104,000	N/A
Peoria, IL	$220,430	$76,510	N/A
Great Falls, MT	$219,600	$113,230	N/A
New York	$219,320	$126,380	N/A
Michigan	$219,230	$96,420	N/A
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	$218,350	$109,120	N/A
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$217,550	$102,360	N/A
Dalton, GA	$217,490	$41,320	N/A
Worcester, MA	$217,410	$98,840	N/A
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$216,720	$136,870	N/A
Janesville-Beloit, WI	$216,700	$104,520	N/A
Tyler, TX	$216,010	$93,700	N/A
Rockford, IL	$215,600	$106,690	N/A
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$214,680	$77,110	N/A
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$214,170	$110,350	N/A
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$213,620	$76,490	N/A
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$213,150	$94,110	N/A
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$212,760	$92,400	N/A
Salisbury, MD	$212,690	$103,120	N/A
Bozeman, MT	$212,690	$119,320	N/A
Columbus, OH	$212,690	$104,080	N/A
Springfield, MA	$212,290	$84,720	N/A
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$212,290	$81,820	N/A
Rhode Island	$211,810	$110,860	N/A
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$211,560	$103,500	N/A
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	$210,920	$30,910	N/A
Pittsburgh, PA	$210,810	$99,990	N/A
Yuba City, CA	$210,520	$67,690	N/A
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$210,000	$98,510	N/A
Appleton, WI	$209,750	$97,690	N/A
Saginaw, MI	$209,470	$93,660	N/A
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$209,330	$110,860	N/A
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$209,190	$102,550	N/A
Wisconsin	$209,090	$97,930	N/A
Ohio	$208,590	$80,810	N/A
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$208,450	$93,500	N/A
Fargo, ND-MN	$207,830	$109,230	N/A
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area	$207,380	$72,020	N/A
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area	$207,190	$53,280	N/A
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$206,990	$124,260	N/A
Lancaster, PA	$206,840	$98,850	N/A
Morgantown, WV	$206,420	$81,500	N/A
York-Hanover, PA	$206,380	$106,360	N/A
Nebraska	$206,080	$99,990	N/A
Indiana	$205,780	$90,000	N/A
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$205,680	$82,890	N/A
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$205,570	$62,900	N/A
Huntsville, AL	$205,280	$131,980	N/A
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	$204,880	$81,450	N/A
Lincoln, NE	$204,570	$95,450	N/A
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$204,360	$107,190	N/A
Colorado Springs, CO	$203,860	$104,040	N/A
Altoona, PA	$203,480	$99,380	N/A
Fort Wayne, IN	$202,780	$73,490	N/A
Bismarck, ND	$202,070	$85,780	N/A
Georgia	$201,750	$44,470	N/A
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$201,620	$59,930	N/A
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$201,120	$97,110	N/A
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	$201,070	$93,600	N/A
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	$200,640	$82,660	N/A
Redding, CA	$200,310	$81,250	N/A
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$200,000	$112,610	N/A
Charleston, WV	$199,990	$87,990	N/A
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$199,990	$102,710	N/A
Waco, TX	$199,860	$103,990	N/A
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	$199,700	$26,760	N/A
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area	$198,800	$99,990	N/A
Traverse City, MI	$198,660	$98,860	N/A
Merced, CA	$197,530	$85,240	N/A
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$197,190	$85,550	N/A
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	$196,520	$94,580	N/A
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	$195,850	$77,390	N/A
Kansas City, MO-KS	$195,850	$67,870	N/A
Williamsport, PA	$195,230	$113,070	N/A
Wheeling, WV-OH	$194,900	$78,530	N/A
Colorado	$194,810	$103,180	N/A
Montana	$194,460	$84,200	N/A
Minnesota	$194,160	$88,150	N/A
St. Cloud, MN	$194,060	$88,290	N/A
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$193,970	$85,980	N/A
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$193,850	$97,490	N/A
Decatur, IL	$193,480	$29,120	N/A
Lebanon, PA	$192,770	$72,370	N/A
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	$192,610	$90,310	N/A
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	$192,390	$86,570	N/A
Mankato, MN	$192,090	$91,220	N/A
Springfield, IL	$191,720	$29,120	N/A
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	$190,940	$76,860	N/A
Delaware	$190,460	$65,700	N/A
Spartanburg, SC	$190,080	$87,530	N/A
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$190,080	$103,160	N/A
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$189,900	$80,370	N/A
Tuscaloosa, AL	$189,590	$129,220	N/A
Knoxville, TN	$188,480	$58,680	N/A
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	$187,830	$76,750	N/A
El Paso, TX	$187,700	$94,900	N/A
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	$186,820	$97,740	N/A
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$186,580	$96,020	N/A
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	$186,520	$96,110	N/A
Toledo, OH	$185,890	$79,220	N/A
Columbia, SC	$185,390	$103,770	N/A
Rochester, NY	$185,280	$109,780	N/A
Muncie, IN	$185,080	$66,770	N/A
Warner Robins, GA	$185,010	$46,890	N/A
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$184,950	$94,730	N/A
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$184,510	$123,880	N/A
Florence, SC	$183,850	$86,170	N/A
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	$183,700	$88,430	N/A
Vallejo, CA	$182,190	$70,240	N/A
Kingston, NY	$182,150	$105,820	N/A
West Virginia	$181,930	$76,070	N/A
Fond du Lac, WI	$181,920	$72,750	N/A
South Carolina	$181,830	$85,760	N/A
Modesto, CA	$181,410	$89,140	N/A
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	$180,830	$85,320	N/A
Corpus Christi, TX	$180,790	$61,980	N/A
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	$180,710	$76,860	N/A
Pittsfield, MA	$180,670	$85,590	N/A
Killeen-Temple, TX	$180,650	$101,480	N/A
Akron, OH	$180,460	$78,210	N/A
Bloomington, IN	$179,970	$101,920	N/A
Missoula, MT	$179,840	$106,330	N/A
Wichita, KS	$179,740	$49,130	N/A
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$179,450	$57,820	N/A
Fresno, CA	$179,360	$86,210	N/A
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$179,170	$26,000	N/A
Iowa	$178,530	$63,850	N/A
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$178,340	$61,920	N/A
Niles, MI	$178,200	$82,590	N/A
Abilene, TX	$177,520	$99,140	N/A
Erie, PA	$177,440	$83,060	N/A
Sheboygan, WI	$177,240	$97,080	N/A
Chambersburg, PA	$176,870	$88,480	N/A
Iowa City, IA	$176,850	$64,350	N/A
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	$176,240	$52,000	N/A
Longview, TX	$176,170	$68,260	N/A
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area	$175,460	$75,290	N/A
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	$174,920	$53,670	N/A
Grand Island, NE	$174,800	$90,760	N/A
Gettysburg, PA	$174,090	$48,890	N/A
Tennessee	$173,870	$44,840	N/A
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$173,150	$74,650	N/A
Jacksonville, FL	$173,090	$81,450	N/A
Idaho	$173,070	$93,030	N/A
Dubuque, IA	$172,860	$65,050	N/A
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$172,840	$104,820	N/A
Chattanooga, TN-GA	$172,780	$39,460	N/A
St. Louis, MO-IL	$172,600	$79,990	N/A
State College, PA	$172,160	$102,490	N/A
Birmingham, AL	$171,680	$94,010	N/A
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area	$171,580	$99,990	N/A
North Dakota	$171,310	$101,590	N/A
Amarillo, TX	$171,120	$93,270	N/A
Bowling Green, KY	$170,990	$58,320	N/A
Anchorage, AK	$170,710	$74,880	N/A
Visalia, CA	$170,690	$86,200	N/A
West Montana nonmetropolitan area	$169,610	$84,200	N/A
College Station-Bryan, TX	$169,580	$101,030	N/A
Gainesville, FL	$169,530	$53,230	N/A
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	$169,290	$56,650	N/A
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	$169,110	$67,330	N/A
Mansfield, OH	$168,780	$52,920	N/A
Alaska	$168,680	$66,600	N/A
Ames, IA	$168,570	$53,210	N/A
Jackson, TN	$168,110	$61,040	N/A
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	$167,870	$66,780	N/A
Idaho Falls, ID	$167,580	$93,770	N/A
Chico, CA	$166,930	$70,720	N/A
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$166,610	$70,600	N/A
Jackson, MI	$166,550	$93,910	N/A
Coeur d'Alene, ID	$166,510	$90,400	N/A
Lubbock, TX	$166,470	$97,170	N/A
Vermont	$166,190	$99,310	N/A
Utica-Rome, NY	$165,280	$78,640	N/A
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$164,980	$79,420	N/A
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$164,920	$64,070	N/A
Mobile, AL	$164,630	$100,260	N/A
Grand Forks, ND-MN	$164,510	$97,190	N/A
Alabama	$164,400	$104,950	N/A
Helena, MT	$164,090	$109,670	N/A
Utah	$163,980	$57,820	N/A
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	$163,630	$103,710	N/A
Rochester, MN	$163,490	$60,190	N/A
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	$163,340	$53,670	N/A
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	$163,000	$65,900	N/A
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	$162,950	$39,540	N/A
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$162,920	$67,520	N/A
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$162,290	$77,490	N/A
Albuquerque, NM	$162,050	$88,340	N/A
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$161,790	$15,080	N/A
Clarksville, TN-KY	$161,490	$49,400	N/A
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	$161,400	$108,900	N/A
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	$161,290	$120,190	N/A
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	$161,220	$50,810	N/A
Glens Falls, NY	$161,140	$61,160	N/A
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	$160,240	$54,070	N/A
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	$159,820	$76,500	N/A
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$159,800	$52,000	N/A
Ogden, UT	$159,780	$64,590	N/A
Cedar Rapids, IA	$159,580	$49,380	N/A
Missouri	$158,930	$65,010	N/A
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	$158,750	$98,770	N/A
Laredo, TX	$158,320	$67,690	N/A
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$158,200	$83,410	N/A
Manhattan, KS	$158,120	$55,250	N/A
Fairbanks-College, AK	$157,860	$74,050	N/A
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$157,760	$56,510	N/A
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area	$157,510	$59,440	N/A
Montgomery, AL	$157,340	$105,520	N/A
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	$157,340	$89,750	N/A
Flint, MI	$156,100	$78,050	N/A
Columbia, MO	$156,060	$74,300	N/A
Lewiston, ID-WA	$156,000	$89,650	N/A
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	$155,800	$53,250	N/A
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$155,650	$68,690	N/A
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$155,510	$57,980	$220,150
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$155,490	$60,610	N/A
Lawrence, KS	$155,420	$77,390	N/A
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	$155,330	$44,350	N/A
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area	$155,330	$109,050	N/A
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	$155,110	$64,850	N/A
Oklahoma City, OK	$155,000	$65,520	N/A
Kansas	$154,700	$23,180	N/A
Portland-South Portland, ME	$154,690	$70,670	N/A
Twin Falls, ID	$154,530	$91,290	N/A
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$154,330	$102,340	N/A
Tulsa, OK	$154,270	$66,100	N/A
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area	$153,880	$77,960	N/A
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$153,600	$55,240	N/A
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	$152,990	$78,120	N/A
Springfield, MO	$152,960	$66,970	N/A
El Centro, CA	$152,810	$66,980	N/A
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$152,600	$101,400	N/A
Johnson City, TN	$152,270	$68,740	N/A
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$152,040	$68,990	N/A
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	$151,910	$91,320	N/A
Tucson, AZ	$151,550	$70,560	N/A
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	$151,460	$84,960	N/A
Binghamton, NY	$151,370	$72,630	$226,350
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area	$150,960	$23,310	N/A
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$150,950	$77,110	N/A
Beckley, WV	$150,850	$55,900	N/A
Arizona	$150,590	$75,540	N/A
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	$150,390	$43,200	N/A
Cleveland, TN	$149,800	$45,660	N/A
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$149,320	$48,820	N/A
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	$149,220	$88,280	N/A
Manchester-Nashua, NH	$149,130	$88,890	N/A
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	$148,890	$114,610	N/A
Oklahoma	$148,870	$57,690	N/A
Johnstown, PA	$148,870	$87,810	N/A
New Mexico	$148,790	$34,520	N/A
Canton-Massillon, OH	$148,680	$51,870	N/A
Baton Rouge, LA	$148,210	$63,720	N/A
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area	$147,830	$97,010	$217,980
Duluth, MN-WI	$147,140	$80,360	N/A
Carson City, NV	$147,120	$56,350	N/A
Kentucky	$146,630	$56,470	N/A
Minot, ND	$146,620	$102,860	N/A
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area	$146,470	$91,600	N/A
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	$146,310	$52,540	N/A
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$145,690	$97,000	N/A
Joplin, MO-KS	$145,090	$48,260	N/A
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$144,840	$87,570	N/A
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area	$144,820	$110,380	$214,330
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	$144,510	$41,800	N/A
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	$143,990	$54,630	N/A
Sumter, SC	$143,920	$64,410	N/A
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	$143,480	$35,560	N/A
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$143,330	$60,570	N/A
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	$143,320	$52,820	N/A
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	$143,160	$63,970	N/A
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$142,540	$17,580	N/A
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	$142,210	$61,730	N/A
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area	$141,400	$46,480	N/A
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	$140,910	$62,400	N/A
Bangor, ME	$140,890	$73,020	N/A
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	$140,560	$47,500	N/A
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$140,390	$52,020	N/A
Wyoming	$140,000	$43,940	$223,590
Morristown, TN	$139,980	$52,310	N/A
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	$139,720	$78,310	N/A
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	$139,600	$98,860	$225,140
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	$139,430	$84,390	N/A
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	$139,170	$55,820	N/A
Virgin Islands	$139,160	$77,160	N/A
New Hampshire	$138,910	$88,890	N/A
Yuma, AZ	$138,770	$65,850	N/A
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area	$138,270	$35,860	$220,920
Flagstaff, AZ	$138,250	$72,210	N/A
South Florida nonmetropolitan area	$138,000	$33,190	N/A
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	$137,990	$104,740	N/A
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$137,180	$17,850	N/A
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$137,140	$51,700	N/A
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$136,890	$58,540	N/A
Owensboro, KY	$135,760	$51,430	N/A
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	$135,730	$85,010	N/A
Pocatello, ID	$135,660	$72,800	N/A
Lawton, OK	$134,640	$45,460	N/A
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	$133,750	$94,620	N/A
Port St. Lucie, FL	$133,680	$54,780	N/A
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	$133,600	$74,400	N/A
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	$132,440	$95,010	N/A
Jefferson City, MO	$132,350	$25,580	N/A
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	$132,230	$46,290	N/A
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$131,420	$100,700	N/A
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	$131,230	$61,720	N/A
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	$131,060	$85,410	N/A
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	$130,670	$51,590	N/A
Texarkana, TX-AR	$130,340	$60,050	N/A
Barnstable Town, MA	$130,220	$84,710	N/A
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$130,110	$99,790	N/A
Paducah, KY-IL	$129,570	$48,940	N/A
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$129,460	$75,010	N/A
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$128,600	$76,030	N/A
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	$128,510	$63,800	N/A
Jackson, MS	$127,680	$94,990	$217,890
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	$127,230	$79,240	N/A
Hot Springs, AR	$127,090	$53,490	$233,540
St. Joseph, MO-KS	$126,960	$60,820	N/A
Elizabethtown, KY	$126,610	$53,010	N/A
Burlington, NC	$126,240	$96,360	N/A
Jonesboro, AR	$126,200	$44,720	N/A
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$126,170	$74,190	N/A
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	$125,940	$101,190	$185,990
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$125,570	$62,680	N/A
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	$125,520	$21,250	N/A
Mississippi	$125,340	$97,990	$237,290
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	$124,800	$47,050	N/A
Columbus, GA-AL	$123,850	$51,770	N/A
Lafayette, LA	$123,560	$52,190	N/A
Wichita Falls, TX	$123,450	$55,720	N/A
Homosassa Springs, FL	$122,230	$49,310	N/A
Topeka, KS	$122,040	$42,850	N/A
Arizona nonmetropolitan area	$121,930	$70,470	N/A
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	$121,800	$18,930	N/A
Louisiana	$121,490	$46,780	N/A
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	$121,470	$66,870	N/A
Arkansas	$121,220	$47,010	N/A
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	$120,520	$34,520	$204,360
Maine	$120,160	$62,490	N/A
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	$119,990	$92,310	$199,900
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$118,970	$54,670	N/A
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	$117,920	$60,620	$232,220
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	$117,710	$29,850	N/A
Athens-Clarke County, GA	$117,530	$34,790	N/A
Fort Smith, AR-OK	$116,710	$42,170	N/A
Sebring, FL	$114,310	$41,340	N/A
Logan, UT-ID	$113,110	$36,830	N/A
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	$110,340	$76,430	$182,330
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$110,160	$50,470	N/A
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	$109,980	$48,820	$237,490
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area	$109,330	$45,240	N/A
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	$109,160	$97,990	$231,930
Youngstown-Warren, OH	$108,720	$58,780	N/A
North Florida nonmetropolitan area	$107,990	$30,480	N/A
St. George, UT	$107,570	$69,150	N/A
Ocala, FL	$107,340	$76,480	N/A
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	$107,190	$30,530	N/A
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area	$107,020	$34,610	N/A
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	$106,900	$41,490	N/A
Guam	$106,500	$28,000	N/A
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	$106,470	$41,230	N/A
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	$106,290	$33,380	$222,780
Valdosta, GA	$105,810	$33,730	N/A
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area	$105,770	$15,080	N/A
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	$105,580	$50,020	N/A
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	$104,880	$47,050	N/A
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	$104,600	$47,050	N/A
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area	$104,040	$15,080	N/A
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area	$103,780	$31,930	N/A
Rome, GA	$102,610	$18,420	N/A
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area	$99,840	$15,080	N/A
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	$99,450	$61,990	$235,760
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area	$97,390	$61,990	N/A
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$96,520	$36,400	$220,000
Arecibo, PR	$95,710	$41,150	$161,010
Puerto Rico	$93,740	$36,400	$206,610
Ponce, PR	$89,630	$50,830	$170,570
Aguadilla, PR	$84,190	$49,040	$156,520
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area	$78,040	$54,800	$139,470
Mayaguez, PR	$77,970	$34,130	$157,430

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Entry-level CEO positions typically start around $73,710 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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