What Georgia Executive Made More than $20M Last Year? Top 16 Salaries

The top-paid chief executive at a publicly traded company in Georgia earned more than $20 million last year, the AFL-CIO’s 2014 Executive PayWatch shows.

The analysis tracks the most recent salaries available for S&P 500 Index companies.

Nationally, the highest paid chief executives were Lawrence J. Ellison of Oracle Corp. and Elon Musk of Telsa Motors Inc., who were paid $78,440,657 and $78,150,010, respectively.

Topping the Georgia list was Muhtar Kent at Coca-Cola in Atlanta.

The average CEO pay in the state was $4.9 million. By contrast, the average full-time worker made $41,129.

The Top 16 executive salaries:

1. COCA-COLA CO., ATLANTA, Muhtar Kent, 2013, $20,380,660
2. AFLAC INC, COLUMBUS, Daniel P. Amos, 2013, $18,582,055
3. COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC, ATLANTA, John F. Brock, 2013, $17,021,019
4. INVESCO LTD, ATLANTA, Martin L. Flanagan, 2013, $14,381,762
5. SOUTHERN CO., ATLANTA, Thomas A. Fanning, 2012, $13,035,348
6. ROCK-TENN CO, NORCROSS, James A. Rubright, 2013, $12,595,833
7. DELTA AIR LINES INC, ATLANTA, Richard H. Anderson, 2012, $12,575,572
8. AGCO CORP, DULUTH, Martin Richenhagen, 2013, $11,742,360
9. NCR CORP, DULUTH, William R. Nuti, 2013, $11,150,677
10. HOME DEPOT INC, ATLANTA, Francis S. Blake, 2012, $11,093,914
11. NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC, ATLANTA, Michael B. Polk, 2013, $10,853,449
12. FLEETCOR TECHNOLOGIES, NORCROSS, Ronald F. Clarke, 2012, $10,521,801
13. EQUIFAX INC, ATLANTA, Richard F. Smith, 2013, $10,515,558
14. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, ATLANTA, D. Scott Davis, 2013, $10,335,665
15. CARTER'S INC, ATLANTA, Michael D. Casey, 2012, $9,766,346
16. GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO, MARIETTA, David W. Scheible, 2012, $9,225,116