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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) jobs: 445 open roles, pay, industries and skills

445 open Chief Executive Officer jobs (CEO), taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as President and CEO, Founder and CEO. Listings that state pay show a median of $190,000 a year.

The market for Chief Executive Officer work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Chief Executive Officer jobs
445

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$190,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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State with the most openings
California (70)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Industry hiring the most
Healthcare & Hospital Systems (45%)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Listings that are remote
22%

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Listings that ask for an AI skill
6%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a CEO does

C-suite role in Executive Leadership.

The whole company: strategy, the executive team, capital, and the results the board holds the company to.

Reports to the board of directors.

Other ways this role is written

  • CEO
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • President and CEO
  • Founder and CEO

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Chief Executive Officer jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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CEO salary

From 61 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$162,500
Median
$190,000
Upper quarter
$232,500

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for CEO jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where CEO jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills CEO jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 108 Chief Executive Officer listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Most named in CEO listings

  1. 1. strategic planning30%
  2. 2. budgeting18%
  3. 3. regulatory compliance17%
  4. 4. risk management16%
  5. 5. supply chain14%
  6. 6. accounts payable10%
  7. 7. change management9%
  8. 8. forecasting7%
  9. 9. employee relations6%
  10. 10. logistics6%

Across all Executive Leadership openings

  1. 1. strategic planning6%
  2. 2. budgeting6%
  3. 3. regulatory compliance5%
  4. 4. risk management5%
  5. 5. project management3%
  6. 6. forecasting3%
  7. 7. supply chain2%
  8. 8. excel2%
  9. 9. audit2%
  10. 10. procurement2%

AI skills for CEO jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

6% of 160 open Chief Executive Officer listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 2% of all Executive Leadership openings.

AI skills named most often

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work2%
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)1%
  3. 3. LLM application engineering1%
  4. 4. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)1%
  5. 5. AI strategy and use cases1%
  6. 6. Responsible AI1%

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Job titles under CEO

The exact titles employers use, with their own job and salary pages.

Employers hiring for CEO roles

  • Confidential 74
  • SCA Health 12
  • Tenet Healthcare 9
  • Drg Talent Advisory Group 8
  • Acadia Healthcare 7
  • California Correctional Health Care Services 6
  • Prime Healthcare 6
  • DSG Global 5
  • JRG Partners 5
  • Prime Healthcare Management 4
  • Maneva Group 4
  • Talence Group 3

CEO questions

What does a CEO do?
The whole company: strategy, the executive team, capital, and the results the board holds the company to. Reports to the board of directors.
What does CEO stand for?
CEO stands for Chief Executive Officer. The same job is also written President and CEO, Founder and CEO.
How many CEO jobs are open?
445 verified open Chief Executive Officer jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a CEO make?
Among 61 open Chief Executive Officer listings that state pay, the median is $190,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $162,500 and $232,500. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are CEO jobs?
California (70), Florida (31), Pennsylvania (30), Texas (28) have the most open Chief Executive Officer listings. About 22% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
Which state pays a CEO the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, California has the highest median at $216,000.
Which industries hire for CEO roles?
Healthcare & Hospital Systems (45%), Nonprofit & Social Impact (18%), Education & EdTech (8%), Technology & Software (5%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do CEO jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Chief Executive Officer listings are strategic planning, budgeting, regulatory compliance, risk management, supply chain.
Do CEO jobs ask for AI skills?
6% of 160 open Chief Executive Officer listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI tools in daily work.

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