The gap between what corporations pay in taxes and to their executives

Among 35 profitable corporations that paid executives more than they paid in federal income taxes, these 10 companies paid their top executives the most. Five year totals, 2018 to 2022.

$0

Tesla

Profits: $4.4bn

–$1m

Taxes

$2.5bn

Executive

pay

T-Mobile US

17.9bn

–80m

675m

Netflix

15.1bn

236m

652m

Salesforce

6bn

175m

508m

AIG

17.7bn

385m

406m

Ford Motor

7.7bn

121m

355m

NextEra Energy

24bn

287m

325m

MetLife

11.7bn

96m

240m

Match Group

2bn

10m

229m

Sempra Energy

5.2bn

6m

228m

$0

Tesla

Profits: $4.4bn

–$1m

Taxes

$2.5bn

Executive

pay

T-Mobile US

17.9bn

–80m

675m

Netflix

15.1bn

236m

652m

Salesforce

6bn

175m

508m

AIG

17.7bn

385m

406m

Ford Motor

7.7bn

121m

355m

NextEra Energy

24bn

287m

325m

MetLife

11.7bn

96m

240m

Match Group

2bn

10m

229m

Sempra Energy

5.2bn

6m

228m

$0

Tesla

Profits: $4.4bn

–$1m

Taxes

$2.5bn

Executive

pay

T-Mobile US

17.9bn

–80m

675m

Netflix

15.1bn

236m

652m

Salesforce

6bn

175m

508m

AIG

17.7bn

385m

406m

Ford Motor

7.7bn

121m

355m

NextEra Energy

24bn

287m

325m

MetLife

11.7bn

96m

240m

Match Group

2bn

10m

229m

Sempra Energy

5.2bn

6m

228m

$0

Tesla

Profits: $4.4bn

–$1m

Taxes

$2.5bn

Executive

pay

T-Mobile US

17.9bn

–80m

675m

Netflix

15.1bn

236m

652m

Salesforce

6bn

175m

508m

AIG

17.7bn

385m

406m

Ford Motor

7.7bn

121m

355m

NextEra Energy

24bn

287m

325m

MetLife

11.7bn

96m

240m

Match Group

2bn

10m

229m

Sempra Energy

5.2bn

6m

228m

$0

Tesla

Profits: $4.4bn

–$1m

Taxes

$2.5bn

Executive

pay

T-Mobile US

17.9bn

–80m

675m

Netflix

15.1bn

236m

652m

Salesforce

6bn

175m

508m

AIG

17.7bn

385m

406m

Ford Motor

7.7bn

121m

355m

NextEra Energy

24bn

287m

325m

MetLife

11.7bn

96m

240m

Match Group

2bn

10m

229m

Sempra Energy

5.2bn

6m

228m

Guardian graphic. Source: Americans for Tax Fairness analysis of Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and SEC data. Note: ‘Profits’ are domestic, pre-tax.