What are the main factors that influence a Chief Executive Officer's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What industry pays the highest salary for Chief Executive Officer?

The Aerospace & Defense industry offers the highest average compensation for Chief Executive Officer roles, with salaries approximately 50% above the market median.

How does experience change A Chief Executive Officer's salary?

A Chief Executive Officer's salary grows with experience: starting around $813,392 for beginners, reaching about $833,627 at mid-level, and approach $872,653 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for a Chief Executive Officer?

Chief Executive Officer salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Chief Executive Officer roles are District of Columbia $904,091, California $900,661, Massachusetts $888,658. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Chief Executive Officer roles make?

Salaries for Chief Executive Officer level roles vary by specialization: Hospital Chief Executive Officer: $836,917; Chief Executive Officer - Physician Practice: $591,487; Chief Operating Officer: $467,236; Deputy Chief Executive Officer: $447,845; Chief Financial Executive: $438,510.

Chief Executive Officer Salary in Connecticut

How much does a Chief Executive Officer make in Connecticut?

As of August 01, 2026, the average salary for a Chief Executive Officer in Connecticut is $872,653 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $420.

However, a Chief Executive Officer's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $1,075,786
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $775,811 to $978,980
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $687,641

10% $687,641

50% (Median) $872,653

90% $1,075,786

Chief Executive Officer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$978,980	$81,582	$18,827	$471
Average	$872,653	$72,721	$16,782	$420
25th Percentile	$775,811	$64,651	$14,919	$373

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Key Factors That Influence Chief Executive Officer Salaries

A Chief Executive Officer's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Chief Executive Officer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Chief Executive Officer's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $813,392
Early Career (1-2 years): $822,064
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $833,627
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $850,972
Expert (over 8 years): $872,653

Levels	Salary
Entry Level Chief Executive Officer	$813,392
Intermediate Level Chief Executive Officer	$822,064
Senior Level Chief Executive Officer	$833,627
Specialist Level Chief Executive Officer	$850,972
Expert Level Chief Executive Officer	$872,653

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How Do Chief Executive Officers Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Chief Executive Officers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $904,091.
California: $900,661.
Massachusetts: $888,658.

District of Columbia $904,091 California $900,661 Massachusetts $888,658 Washington $885,392 New Jersey $885,065 Alaska $883,922 Connecticut $872,653 New York $868,081

Hawaii $853,464 Rhode Island $846,605 Maryland $841,951 Minnesota $835,582 Colorado $833,132 Illinois $832,316 Oregon $829,213 Delaware $826,926

New Hampshire $825,489 Virginia $822,272 Pennsylvania $812,881 Nevada $808,145 North Dakota $806,594 Michigan $804,144 Wisconsin $803,246 Vermont $801,450

Texas $796,469 Maine $796,142 Arizona $795,652 Ohio $795,081 Georgia $787,568 Indiana $783,812 Wyoming $783,077 Utah $781,934

Iowa $781,444 Kansas $777,525 Louisiana $776,381 North Carolina $775,973 Missouri $775,810 Florida $772,625 Montana $770,911 Nebraska $769,277

Kentucky $768,379 South Carolina $765,113 Tennessee $763,072 Idaho $762,255 New Mexico $756,294 Oklahoma $754,988 Alabama $750,170 South Dakota $742,086

Arkansas $737,677 West Virginia $735,309 Mississippi $728,205

Top Paying Cities for Chief Executive Officer

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Old Mystic: $858,813
Oneco: $856,600
Avon: $860,454

Old Mystic, CT $858,813 Oneco, CT $856,600 Avon, CT $860,454 Bloomfield, CT $860,944 Windsor, CT $860,968 Bristol, CT $860,879 Burlington, CT $860,830 Broad Brook, CT $856,159

Canaan, CT $856,747 Canton, CT $860,038 Canton Center, CT $859,784 Colebrook, CT $856,771 Collinsville, CT $859,972 East Berlin, CT $859,507 East Canaan, CT $857,710 East Glastonbury, CT $860,952

East Granby, CT $856,273 East Hartland, CT $854,085 East Windsor Hill, CT $860,299 Ellington, CT $854,289 Farmington, CT $859,523 Falls Village, CT $859,678 Glastonbury, CT $860,985 Granby, CT $854,518

Berlin, CT $859,442 Lakeville, CT $860,413 Manchester, CT $860,879 Bolton, CT $859,768 New Britain, CT $859,180 New Hartford, CT $860,683 Norfolk, CT $858,886 North Canton, CT $859,139

North Granby, CT $852,003 Pine Meadow, CT $859,915 Plainville, CT $859,507 Barkhamsted, CT $858,192 Poquonock, CT $860,299 Riverton, CT $857,139 Vernon Rockville, CT $858,600 Rocky Hill, CT $860,021

Salisbury, CT $854,632 Sharon, CT $866,929 Simsbury, CT $859,695 Somers, CT $847,259 Somersville, CT $847,095 South Glastonbury, CT $860,756 South Windsor, CT $860,626 North Windham, CT $858,617

Pomfret Center, CT $857,710 Putnam, CT $857,220 Quinebaug, CT $857,482 Rogers, CT $857,188 Scotland, CT $858,658 South Willington, CT $856,494 South Windham, CT $858,837 South Woodstock, CT $857,621

Storrs Mansfield, CT $858,143 Thompson, CT $857,392 Ashford, CT $856,649 Willington, CT $856,379 Windham, CT $858,707 Woodstock, CT $857,376 Woodstock Valley, CT $857,025 New London, CT $858,854

Baltic, CT $858,649 Canterbury, CT $858,290 Central Village, CT $857,612 East Lyme, CT $859,131 Bozrah, CT $858,747 Gales Ferry, CT $858,796 Gilman, CT $858,919 Mashantucket, CT $858,707

Ledyard, CT $858,780 Groton, CT $858,845 Hanover, CT $858,641 Jewett City, CT $858,600 Montville, CT $858,829 Moosup, CT $857,196 Mystic, CT $858,805 Niantic, CT $859,082

North Stonington, CT $858,388 Norwich, CT $858,609 Preston, CT $858,609 Oakdale, CT $859,058 Old Lyme, CT $860,724 Stafford, CT $852,868 Stafford Springs, CT $853,293 Staffordville, CT $852,060

Suffield, CT $846,450 Taconic, CT $857,768 Tariffville, CT $858,176 Enfield, CT $846,270 Tolland, CT $856,061 Unionville, CT $860,250 East Windsor, CT $855,048 Weatogue, CT $860,495

West Granby, CT $856,347 West Hartland, CT $854,395 West Simsbury, CT $859,589 West Suffield, CT $846,597 Winchester Center, CT $859,678 Windsor Locks, CT $855,073 Winsted, CT $859,597 Hartford, CT $861,712

West Hartford, CT $860,977 East Hartford, CT $861,646 Wethersfield, CT $860,936 Newington, CT $859,352 Plainfield, CT $857,980 Quaker Hill, CT $858,854 South Lyme, CT $859,654 Sterling, CT $856,379

Stonington, CT $858,633 Pawcatuck, CT $858,168 Taftville, CT $858,609 Uncasville, CT $858,796 Versailles, CT $858,560 Voluntown, CT $857,939 Waterford, CT $858,870 Wauregan, CT $857,547

West Mystic, CT $858,821 Yantic, CT $858,666 Ansonia, CT $875,977 Beacon Falls, CT $873,641 Botsford, CT $889,744 Branford, CT $867,754 Cheshire, CT $866,154 Centerbrook, CT $863,394

Chester, CT $863,394 Clinton, CT $867,150 Cobalt, CT $861,042 Colchester, CT $860,209 Cromwell, CT $859,980 Deep River, CT $863,900 Derby, CT $879,978 Killingworth, CT $866,064

Salem, CT $859,564 Durham, CT $863,941 East Haddam, CT $861,467 East Hampton, CT $861,311 Essex, CT $862,634 Guilford, CT $868,530 Haddam, CT $863,116 Hadlyme, CT $861,924

Hawleyville, CT $887,507 Higganum, CT $863,328 Ivoryton, CT $863,565 Madison, CT $867,476 Marion, CT $863,777 Marlborough, CT $860,773 Meriden, CT $861,475 Middlefield, CT $862,112

Middle Haddam, CT $861,638 Middletown, CT $861,107 Milford, CT $892,292 Milldale, CT $862,381 Monroe, CT $901,200 Moodus, CT $861,695 Newtown, CT $889,238 North Branford, CT $867,501

Northford, CT $867,362 North Haven, CT $866,709 North Westchester, CT $860,127 Old Saybrook, CT $862,977 Orange, CT $870,718 Oxford, CT $880,533 Plantsville, CT $862,332 Portland, CT $860,666

Rockfall, CT $861,148 Sandy Hook, CT $888,462 Seymour, CT $876,442 Shelton, CT $898,391 South Britain, CT $883,767 Southbury, CT $883,465 Southington, CT $860,095 Stevenson, CT $903,111

Wallingford, CT $865,868 Stratford, CT $915,580 Westbrook, CT $865,133 New Haven, CT $865,468 East Haven, CT $865,876 Hamden, CT $866,635 West Haven, CT $866,219 Bethany, CT $869,910

Woodbridge, CT $868,048 Willimantic, CT $858,845 Abington, CT $857,596 Amston, CT $859,744 Andover, CT $859,368 Ballouville, CT $856,853 Brooklyn, CT $857,588 Chaplin, CT $858,323

Columbia, CT $859,450 Coventry, CT $858,911 Danielson, CT $856,567 Dayville, CT $856,608 Eastford, CT $857,212 East Killingly, CT $855,751 East Woodstock, CT $857,523 Fabyan, CT $857,531

Grosvenor Dale, CT $857,539 Hampton, CT $858,037 Hebron, CT $859,899 Lebanon, CT $859,139 Mansfield Center, CT $858,388 Mansfield Depot, CT $858,421 North Franklin, CT $858,747 North Grosvenordale, CT $857,596

Pomfret, CT $857,653 Bridgeport, CT $917,964 Trumbull, CT $913,032 Easton, CT $912,518 Waterbury, CT $868,963 Prospect, CT $868,742 Wolcott, CT $863,916 Bantam, CT $872,074

Bethlehem, CT $873,993 Cornwall, CT $867,917 Cornwall Bridge, CT $872,956 Gaylordsville, CT $880,868 Goshen, CT $865,721 Kent, CT $874,711 Lakeside, CT $873,037 Litchfield, CT $868,946

Middlebury, CT $875,030 Morris, CT $871,616 Naugatuck, CT $872,849 New Milford, CT $883,522 New Preston Marble Dale, CT $876,271 Northfield, CT $866,039 Oakville, CT $869,575 Pequabuck, CT $862,912

Plymouth, CT $865,745 Roxbury, CT $882,869 Sherman, CT $884,551 South Kent, CT $876,720 Terryville, CT $863,565 Thomaston, CT $867,068 Torrington, CT $863,279 Harwinton, CT $863,516

Washington, CT $878,132 Washington Depot, CT $878,712 Watertown, CT $870,783 West Cornwall, CT $865,272 Woodbury, CT $877,602 Bethel, CT $888,535 Brookfield, CT $887,123 Cos Cob, CT $925,836

Danbury, CT $887,253 New Fairfield, CT $887,262 Darien, CT $925,566 Fairfield, CT $917,417 Georgetown, CT $910,084 Greenwich, CT $925,142 Greens Farms, CT $916,886 New Canaan, CT $921,696

Norwalk, CT $922,292 Old Greenwich, CT $925,844 Redding Center, CT $901,421 Redding Ridge, CT $901,421 Ridgefield, CT $893,492 Riverside, CT $925,795 Westport, CT $916,894 Weston, CT $913,130

Southport, CT $917,205 Redding, CT $899,404 Wilton, CT $914,053 Stamford, CT $926,056 Bridgewater, CT $885,882

Chief Executive Officer Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Chief Executive Officer salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $976,885. While startup companies pay approximate $826,422.

Chief Executive Officer Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$826,422
Growth Stage	51~500	$874,039
Established	501~5000	$943,356
Enterprise	5000+	$976,885

Chief Executive Officer Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Chief Executive Officer roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 100% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Aerospace & Defense and Biotechnology sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 50% above the average. In contrast, Chief Executive Officer positions in Telecom or Transportation typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Chief Executive Officer as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industry for a Chief Executive Officer

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Aerospace & Defense	$1,224,834	$589.0	50%

Chief Executive Officer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Chief Executive Officer's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$775,811

Average $872,653/year

$978,980

$64,651

Average $72,721/month

$81,582

$14,919

Average $16,782/week

$18,827

$373

Average $420/hour

$471

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$978,980	$81,582	$18,827	$471
Average	$872,653	$72,721	$16,782	$420
25th Percentile	$775,811	$64,651	$14,919	$373

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