What Maryland Executive Made More Than $33M Last Year? Top 16 Salaries

The top-paid chief executive at a publicly traded company in Maryland earned more than $33 million last year, the AFL-CIO’s 2014 Executive PayWatch shows.

The analysis tracks the most recent salaries available for S&P 500 Index companies.

Nationally, the highest paid chief executives were 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 Maryland list was David M. Zaslav of Discovery Communications in Silver Spring.

The average CEO pay in the state was about $4.9 million. By contrast, the average full-time worker made about $46,000.

1. DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC., SILVER SPRING, David M. Zaslav, 2013, $33,349,798
2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP., BETHESDA, Marillyn A. Hewson, 2013, $25,155,799
3. AMERICAN CAPITAL LTD., BETHESDA, Malon Wilkus, 2013, $9,537,728,
4. PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST, BETHESDA, Jon E. Bortz, 2013, $9,351,828
5. FTI CONSULTING INC., BALTIMORE, Jack B. Dunn IV, 2012, $8,963,380
6. RLJ LODGING TRUST, BETHESDA, Thomas J. Baltimore Jr, 2012, $8,725,949
7. MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL INC., BETHESDA, Arne M. Sorenson, 2012, $8,636,401
8. PRICE (T. ROWE) GROUP, BALTIMORE, James A.C. Kennedy, 2013, $8,501,917
9. FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TR, ROCKVILLE, Donald C. Wood, 2013, $8,451,071
10. UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP., SILVER SPRING, Martine A. Rothblatt, 2012, $7,958,328
11. LEGG MASON INC., BALTIMORE, Joseph A. Sullivan, 2013, $7,292,983
12. HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC., BETHESDA, W. Edward Walter, 2012, $7,053,310
13. MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES INC., COLUMBIA, Rene Lerer M.D., 2012, $6,663,597
14. GRACE (W R) & CO., COLUMBIA, Alfred E. Festa, 2012, $6,658,195
15. MICROS SYSTEMS INC., COLUMBIA, A L. Giannopoulos, 2013, $6,471,589
16. BROADSOFT INC., GAITHERSBURG, Michael Tessler, 2013, $6,224,200