

Here’s what the Big Bank CEOs got paid in 2025
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The chief executives of the largest U.S. banks together raked in $258 million in compensation for 2025, after a strong economy and buoyant Wall Street propelled their businesses to record levels.
The CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo each earned $40 million or more last year, a collective increase of more than 21% from 2024. Morgan Stanley’s Ted Pick and Wells Fargo’s Charlie Scharf saw the biggest pay bumps at 32% and 28%, respectively. In 2025, the six banks brought in a total of nearly $600 billion in revenue, a 6% increase from a year earlier and more than any year prior.
Profits across the banks rose 8%. At JPMorgan, compensation for Jamie Dimon rose 10% to $43 million. The 69-year-old has overseen the expansion of the bank into the nation’s largest over his two decades as CEO.
He hasn’t said when he plans to step down. Much of the earnings lift industrywide came from a surge in dealmaking and trading volume, with the latter benefiting from market volatility sparked by President Trump’s tariffs and other geopolitical uncertainty. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley posted record annual revenues in their divisions that house these operations.
At Wells Fargo, Scharf has also moved to increase its Wall Street businesses since the Federal Reserve released the bank from a restriction that had capped its assets. After a tumultuous start to 2025, corporate chieftains regained the confidence to pursue deals, resulting in the second-highest mergers volume on record in 2025. That fueled a rise in lending that helps make these deals happen.
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