Elon Musk
2018
In 2018, Elon Musk earned a total compensation of $2.3B as Chief Executive Officer at Tesla Motors, a 4,575,310% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Option Awards | $2,283,988,504 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $56,380 |
| Total | $2,284,044,884 |
Musk received $2.3B in option awards, accounting for 100% of the total pay in 2018.
Musk also received $56.4K in salary.
Rankings
In 2018, Elon Musk's compensation ranked 1st out of 14,244 executives tracked by ExecPay.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 1 out of 14,244 | 100th |
Division Manufacturing | 1 out of 5,765 | 100th |
Major group Transportation Equipment | 1 out of 302 | 100th |
Industry group Motor Vehicles And Motor Vehicle Equipment | 1 out of 198 | 100th |
Industry Motor Vehicles and Passenger Car Bodies | 1 out of 40 | 98th |
Pay ratio
| Elon Musk's Pay | $2,284,044,884 |
|---|---|
| Median Employee's Pay | $56,163 |
| Pay Ratio | 40,668to 1 |
In 2018, the annual total compensation of Elon Musk was $2,284,044,884.
The annual total compensation of the median employee at Tesla Motors was $56,163.
The ratio of Elon Musk's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 40,668 to one.
Source: SEC filing on April 30, 2019.
Musk's colleagues
We found three more compensation records of executives who worked with Elon Musk at Tesla Motors in 2018.