--- description: The total pay for Apple CEO Tim Cook was $9.22 million in 2014, more than double the financial compensation he received the year before. title: Over $9 Million for Apple's Tim Cook image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb5f372a57f18ec9/69877b83e20a8736c1a84ada/rtr4ahbr.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Apple CEO Tim Cook Earned $9 Million Last Year, Double His 2013 Pay by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 23, 2015 9:54 AM CUT  Apple CEO Tim Cook holds a new iPad after a presentation at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 16, 2014 Apple CEO Tim Cook holds a new iPad after a presentation at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 16, 2014Robert Galbraith —REUTERS by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 23, 2015 9:54 AM CUT Apple CEO Tim Cook’s total pay for 2014 [was $9.22 million](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/filing.pdf "undefined"), more than double the financial compensation he received the year before. Cook earned a salary of $1.75 million and his non-equity incentive compensation was $6.7 million, reports Bloomberg. His 2013 pay package was $4.25 million, according to files sent to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. The pay increase comes after a [highly successful 2014](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-22/apple-ceo-cook-gets-9-22-million-in-pay-as-stock-reaches-record.html "undefined") in which Apple’s company value exceed $700 billion and the price of stocks rose above $119 per share, according to Bloomberg. The boost comes amid optimism surrounding new products such as the iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Pay. Cook succeed Steve Jobs as head of Apple just months before the company’s enigmatic founder died of pancreatic cancer. \[[_Bloomberg_](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-22/apple-ceo-cook-gets-9-22-million-in-pay-as-stock-reaches-record.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3679900/apple-tim-cook-business-iphone-ipad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3679900/apple-tim-cook-business-iphone-ipad/"},"headline":"Apple CEO Tim Cook Earned $9 Million Last Year, Double His 2013 Pay","datePublished":"2015-01-23T09:54:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:49:31.441Z","description":"Pay hike comes after a stellar 2014 for the tech firm","url":"https://time.com/3679900/apple-tim-cook-business-iphone-ipad/","keywords":["Money","Apple","Technology","iPhone","Business topic","iPad","Management","Tech","iPhone 6 topic","Tim cook","Companies","iPhone 6 Plus","apple pay"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb5f372a57f18ec9/69877b83e20a8736c1a84ada/rtr4ahbr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin McSpadden","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb5f372a57f18ec9/69877b83e20a8736c1a84ada/rtr4ahbr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Apple CEO Tim Cook holds a new iPad after a presentation at Apple headquarters in Cupertino","caption":"Apple CEO Tim Cook holds a new iPad after a presentation at Apple headquarters in Cupertino","creditText":"Robert Galbraith —REUTERS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3679900/apple-tim-cook-business-iphone-ipad/","name":"Apple CEO Tim Cook Earned $9 Million Last Year, Double His 2013 Pay"}}]}] ```