Esco Technologies Chief Executive Victor Richey got a bigger bonus last year, boosting his total pay 20 percent to $3.77 million.
Richey's salary was flat at $824,500 in fiscal 2018, which ended Sept. 30, but his bonus rose 84 percent to $1.2 million. Esco exceeded targets for both earnings and cash flow, the company's says.
Richey also received $1.6 million in stock, which vests in five years but can be accelerated if Esco's share price hits certain levels. He also got $52,421 worth of perquisites, including a car allowance, financial planning services, life insurance and club dues, plus $16,601 to pay taxes on some of the perquisites.
Richey's pay amounted to 63 times what the median Esco employee earns. The company calculated median pay for its 3,058 employees at $59,316.
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Esco, a Ladue-based manufacturer of industrial products, boosted earnings per share by 26 percent in fiscal 2018, excluding unusual items, and its share price rose 14 percent.
Here's what 30 St. Louis CEOs earned in 2017:
Meet the 30 top-paid CEOs in St. Louis, 2017 pay
* Jeffrey S. Hollister, American Railcar Industries
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30. Timothy D. Boyd, Peak Resorts
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29. Earl R. Refsland, Allied Healthcare Products
28. Robert L. Montgomery, Reliv International
27. Jon P Vrabely, Huttig Building Products
; CEO earned 20 times as much as median Huttig employee. The company says its 1,300 full- and part-time workers earn a median of $47,091.
26. James B. Lally, Enterprise Financial
.ÌýEnterprise calculates that the CEO made 16 times as much as its median employee, who earned $60,000.Ìý
25. Robert D. Moore, Foresight Energy
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24. Mike Anderson, Avadel Pharmaceuticals
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23. Sharon John, Build-A-Bear Workshop
;ÌýJohn earned 306 times as much last year as the median Build-A-Bear employee. Median pay was $6,198 for the Overland-based company's 4,455 U.S. and British workers.Ìý
22. Eric H. Brunngraber, Cass Information Systems
21. Charles R. Gordon, Aegion
;ÌýGordon made 36 times as much as the median employee's compensation of $73,848. The Chesterfield-based pipe-repair company employs 6,242 people worldwide.
20. V.L. Richey Jr., Esco Technologies
19. Suzanne Sitherwood, Spire
18. Jeffrey S. Davis, Perficient
. Its 2,078 workers in the United States, China and India earned a median $96,193.
17. David P. Hatfield, Edgewell Personal Care
16. David Kemper, Commerce Bancshares
15. Alan R. Hoskins, Energizer
From January:
14. John Stroup, Belden
;Ìýthe CEO earned 133.6 times as much as the median Belden worker, who made $52,487 last year.
13. Anna Manning, Reinsurance Group
;ÌýManning's pay is 66 times as much as the median employee earned last year. Median pay for the company's 2,741 employees was $107,171.
12. Diane M. Sullivan, Caleres Inc.
. Median pay for its 12,055 workers was $21,528 (about 40 percent of its employees are part-time/temporary/seasonal).
11. John E. Fischer, Olin
. Olin employs 6,526 people worldwide.
10. Warner L. Baxter, Ameren
;ÌýBaxter earned 66 times as much as the median Ameren employee. Ameren employs 8,600 people and says they earn a median of $122,003.
9. Robert V. Vitale, Post Holdings
8. John W. Eaves, Arch Coal
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7. David Farr, Emerson
From February:
6. Ronald J. Kruszewski, Stifel
Stifel reported that its CEO earned 92 times as much as its median employee. .
Mark C. Trudeau, Mallinckrodt
; Mallinckrodt CEO Mark Trudeau's pay in 2017 was 102 times as much as the median company employee, who earned $146,870.
4. Timothy Wentworth, Express Scripts
. Median pay for its 26,600 workers was $52,509.
3. Hugh Grant, Monsanto
From April:
2. Glenn L. Kellow, Peabody Energy
. Peabody's 7,148 employees in the United States and Australia earned a median $118,812 last year.
1. Centene, Michael Neidorff
The CEO earned 379 times as much as the median Centene employee, . The company's 33,312 workers earned a median $66,600, including medical premiums.
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