Top 10 Highest Paid CEOs in Connecticut

The average chief executive at a publicly traded Connecticut company earns just over $6 million annually – 123 times the $48,852 salary paid earned by the average worker in the state.

That's according to AFL-CIO’s 2014 Executive PayWatch, which tracks the most recent salaries available for S&P 500 Index companies.

Nationally, the highest paid chief executives are 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 Connecticut list is William R. Berkley, who earned $31,296,780 in 2012 as the CEO of Greenwich-based Berkley (W R) Corp. That number makes him the 24th highest paid CEO in the U.S. — and it's 888 times the national average worker's pay, according to the database.

Here are the top 10 highest paid CEOs in Connecticut’s publicly traded companies:

1. William R. Berkley, Berkley (W R) Corp., Greenwich: $31,296,780 (2012)
   
   
2. Louis Chenevert, United Technologies Corp, Hartford: $20,274,316 (2013)
   
   
3. Jeffrey R. Immelt, General Electric Co., Fairfield: $19,776,716 (2013)
   
   
4. Gregory F. Milzcik, Barnes Group Inc., Bristol: $16,678,617 (2013)
   
   
5. Leonard Bell M.D., Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cheshire: $13,599,451 (2012)
   
   
6. Stephen F. Angel, Praxair Inc., Danbury: $13,585,609 (2013)
   
   
7. David M. Cordani, Cigna Corp. Bloomfield: $13,524,079 (2013)
   
   
8. Mark Bertolini, Aetna Inc., Hartford: $13,285,935 (2012)
   
   
9. Ursula M. Burns, Xerox Corp., Norwalk: $13,070,245 (2012)
   
   
10. Liam McGee, Hartford Financial Services, Hartford: $11,157,261 (2012)