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Energy
Executive compensation benchmarks for 14 public companies in the crude petroleum & natural gas industry.
$9.8M
14
$21.9M
Median
$9,847,309
Average
$11,421,591
25th Percentile
$6,989,404
75th Percentile
$16,483,106
Minimum
$1,825,600
Maximum
$21,934,257
Companies
14
Published peer groups
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The median crude petroleum & natural gas CEO compensation is $9,847,309, based on 14 public companies. The average is $11,421,591. Note that CEO compensation includes salary, bonus, stock awards, option awards, and other compensation.
M. Jay Allison of COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC is the highest paid crude petroleum & natural gas CEO, with total compensation of $21,934,257 in FY2025.
Data sourced from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements). Last updated: August 30, 2026. Compensation figures are total annual compensation including salary, bonus, stock awards, and other compensation.
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| Company | CEO | Total Comp |
|---|---|---|
| COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC CRK | M. Jay Allison | $21.9M |
| Diamondback Energy, Inc. FANG | Travis D. Stice | $20.5M |
| OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/ OXY | Vicki Hollub | $18.1M |
| EOG RESOURCES INC EOG | Ezra Y. Yacob | $17.6M |
| APA Corp APA | John J. Christmann IV | $13.2M |
| California Resources Corp CRC | Francisco J. Leon | $12.1M |
| EXPAND ENERGY CORPORATION EXE | Domenic J. (Nick) Dell’Osso, Jr. | $9.9M |
| PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC. PARR | William Pate | $9.8M |
| TALOS ENERGY INC. TALO | Paul R. Goodfellow | $9.4M |
| SM Energy Company SM | Herbert S. Vogel | $7.9M |
| Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp MGY | Christopher G. Stavros | $6.7M |
| NORTHERN OIL & GAS, INC. NOG | Nicholas O’Grady | $5.6M |
| Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. AESI | John Turner | $5.5M |
| Viper Energy, Inc. VNOM | Kaes Van’t Hof | $1.8M |