--- title: 8 Female CEOs Out-Earn 93 Male CEOs description: Female CEOs of the top 100 companies by revenue in the U.S. made more, on average, than male CEOs. canonical: https://time.com/4324701/ceo-pay/ author: Kirsten Salyer article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-10T17:28:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:25:48.723Z article:section: Ideas og:title: 8 Female CEOs Out-Earn 93 Male CEOs og:description: Hold the applause og:url: https://time.com/4324701/ceo-pay/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08fa6c20a5f67c4c/698892932dce0156ea9e9017/safra-catz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3978 og:image:height: 2238 og:image:alt: Oracle OpenWorld Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 8 Female CEOs Out-Earn 93 Male CEOs twitter:description: Hold the applause twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08fa6c20a5f67c4c/698892932dce0156ea9e9017/safra-catz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 8 Female CEOs Out-Earn 93 Male CEOs > Sponsored content. 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Tony Avelar—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Kirsten Salyer](https://time.com/author/kirsten-salyer/)  ## Kirsten Salyer May 10, 2016 5:28 PM UTC Fortune has a piece out today showing that “[Female CEOs of the Largest Public Companies Are Actually Out-Earning the Men](http://fortune.com/2016/05/10/female-ceos-out-earn-men/).” According to Equilar, an executive compensation firm, female CEOs of the top 100 companies by revenue in the U.S. made an average of $22.7 million in 2015, compared to male CEOs, who earned an average of $14.9 million. A reverse pay gap at the top is certainly something worth noting. But a closer look at the data also highlights how far women have to go to hold those top executive positions. The average is based on eight women. Eight. That’s compared to 93 male CEOs. (Oracle CEO Safra Catz is tied with her co-CEO Mark Hurd as the highest-paid CEO, making $53.2 million last year.) As Fortune points out, when you compare the median earnings, the women still come out on top. Female CEOs made a median of $20 million in 2015, compared to $14.5 million for the whole group. 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