Here are the top-paid CEOs by state for 2015, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. The survey considered public companies with at least $1 billion in revenue that filed proxy statements with federal regulators on or before April 30, 2016. It includes CEOs who were newly hired, who often receive large grants as incentives. It does not include data for Alaska, Montana or West Virginia.
Alabama - Jay Grinney, HealthSouth, $7.8 million
Arkansas - Doug McMillon, Wal-Mart Stores, $19.8 million
Arizona - Don Slager, Republic Services, $10.9 million
California - Mark Hurd, Oracle, $53.2 million
Colorado - Gregory Maffei, Liberty Media & Liberty Interactive, $27 million
Connecticut - Ari Bousbib, IMS Health Holdings, $34.5 million
Washington, D.C. - Thomas Joyce Jr., Danaher, $10.6 million
Delaware - Edward Breen, DuPont, $10 million
Florida - Howard Lorber, Vector Group, $37 million
Georgia - Martin Flanagan, Invesco, $15.9 million
Hawaii - Matthew Cox, Matson, $4.4 million
Iowa - Kelly Ortberg, Rockwell Collins, $7 million
Idaho - D. Mark Durcan, Micron Technology, $9.4 million
Illinois - Sandeep Mathrani, General Growth Properties, $39.2 million
Indiana - John Lechleiter, Eli Lilly and Company, $16.6 million
Kansas - Larry Lawson, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, $10.4 million
Kentucky - Scott Thompson, Tempur Sealy International, $23.3 million
Louisiana - Glen Post III, CenturyLink, $10.3 million
Massachusetts - Jeffrey Leiden, Vertex Pharmaceuticals , $28.1 million
Maryland - David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $32.4 million
Maine - Jonathan Ayers, IDEXX Laboratories, $4.8 million
Michigan - Mary Barra, General Motors , $28.6 million
Minnesota - James Cracchiolo, Ameriprise Financial, $19.4 million
Missouri - Michael FNeidorff, Centene, $20.8 million
Mississippi - Joe Sanderson Jr., Sanderson Farms, $6 million
North Carolina - Brian Moynihan, Bank of America , $13.8 million
North Dakota - David Goodin, MDU Resources Group, $2.6 million
Nebraska - Lance Fritz, Union Pacific , $9.1 million
New Hampshire - Timothy McGrath, PC Connection, $1.9 million
New Jersey - David Cote, Honeywell International , $33.8 million
New Mexico - Patricia Collawn, PNM Resources, $5.2 million
Nevada - Stephen Wynn, Wynn Resorts, $20.7 million
New York - Leslie Moonves, CBS, $56.4 million
Ohio - Leslie Wexner, L Brands, $27.2 million
Oklahoma - Rober Lawler, Chesapeake Energy, $15.4 million
Oregon - Mark Parker, Nike, $16.8 million
Pennsylvania - Brian Roberts, Comcast, $36.2 million
Rhode Island - Larry Merlo, CVS Health, $22.9 million
South Carolina - John Williams, Domtar, $6.7 million
South Dakota - David Emery, Black Hills, $2.8 million
Tennessee - William Carpenter III, LifePoint Health, $15.2 million
Texas - Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil, $24.3 million
Utah - Peter Huntsman, Huntsman, $11.5 million
Virginia - PhebeNovakovic, General Dynamics, $20.4 million
Vermont - Brian Kelley , Keurig Green Mountain, $6.1 million
Washington - Dara Khosrowshahi, Expedia, $94.6 million
Wisconsin - Alex Molinaroli, Johnson Controls, $17.2 million
Wyoming - Colin Marshall, Cloud Peak Energy, $4.2 million