How A lot Do Nvidia Staff Make? Median Wage Revealed

[ad_1] Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang could also be a billionaire due to his 3.4% stake in Nvidia, however he solely lately bought a elevate — after making the identical wage for the previous decade.

The 62-year-old chief government now makes 166 instances extra in total compensation than the median Nvidia worker.

Huang obtained a wage simply shy of $1 million, round $996,800, annually from fiscal 12 months 2014 to 2024. Within the fiscal 12 months 2025 ending January 26, 2025, Huang's base wage rose 50% to $1.5 million, based on a brand new proxy submitting with the Securities and Change Fee on Thursday.

Nvidia's compensation committee famous within the doc that this was "Huang's first base wage improve in 10 years" and that the transfer "was acceptable" contemplating the bottom wage for executives at comparable firms. For instance, AMD CEO Lisa Su made a base wage of $1.26 million efficient July 2024.

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Huang's complete compensation for the fiscal 12 months 2025 was $49.9 million. This determine consists of the $6 million Huang obtained as a part of a non-equity incentive plan, $38.8 million in inventory awards, and $3.5 million for residential safety, driver providers, safety monitoring, and automotive bills.

The submitting famous that the median Nvidia worker made $301,233 in fiscal 12 months 2025, for a CEO to median worker pay ratio of 166:1.

One other SEC submitting submitted final week by Google's father or mother firm, Alphabet, reveals that the everyday Google worker makes a comparable quantity, with a median wage of $331,894 in 2024. Google CEO Sundar Pichai makes 32 instances greater than a mid-level worker on the firm, with an annual compensation of $10.7 million final 12 months.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Photograph by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures

Huang's total compensation has been steadily rising, even when his base wage remained stagnant for a decade. He made $34.2 million in fiscal 12 months 2024 and $21.4 million in fiscal 12 months 2023.

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Huang is the seventeenth richest particular person on the planet, with a internet value of $97.9 billion, based on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The majority of Huang's fortune derives from his Nvidia stake, which equaled $96 billion on the time of writing. The remaining $1.9 billion of his internet value is in money.

Nvidia has turn out to be a rising AI large after capturing 70% to 95% of the market share for AI chips. It counts Meta and Microsoft amongst its high prospects. Nvidia inventory has risen over 1,500% prior to now 5 years and 33% prior to now 12 months.