Who Earns What
US CEO of Apple

How much does Tim Cook make?

Answer: Apple CEO Tim Cook's total pay, including stock, is about $74.29 million a year.

Also known as Timothy Donald Cook, Timothy D. Cook.

Executive pay (2025)
$74.29M

Company filing This is his company-reported pay, mostly stock awards rather than base salary.

Tim Cook$74.29M
Typical person in the US$50,980

About 1,460× the Typical person in the US. What a typical person earns in 1,460 years, in one year.

Where Tim Cook's money comes from

Executive pay (2025)

Of about $74.29M in 2025, stock and investments made up about $57.5M (77%). Company filing

Tim Cook — Where Tim Cook's money comes from (2025)
ItemAmountShare
Stock and investments$57.5M77%
Salary$15M20%
Other$1.76M2.4%

Earnings year by year

Year by year
202320242025$74.29M

Hollow dots are media estimates; filled dots are official figures. The gold ring marks the highest year.

Tim Cook — Earnings year by year
YearAmountReliabilityNote
2023$63.2MMedia estimateYearly salary (Company fiscal year) Fiscal 2023 total pay from Apple's proxy as reported in the press; lower than the year before.
2024$74.6MMedia estimateYearly pay package (Company fiscal year) Fiscal 2024 total pay from Apple's proxy, as reported by Fortune: $3M salary plus stock awards and more.
2025$74.29MCompany filingExecutive pay (Company fiscal year) This is his company-reported pay, mostly stock awards rather than base salary.

Per month, day, hour and second

Based on pay of about $74.29M in 2025
Tim Cook — Per month, day, hour and second
Per month$6.19M
Per day$204K
Per hour$8,480
Per second$2.36

Calculated This spreads the year evenly over every hour, including sleep and days off. It is not pay per hour worked.

Compared with others

One day of pay (about $204K) is about 1,460 days of pay for the typical person in the US. Calculated

Tim Cook — Compared with others
NameYearAmountTim Cook earns
💼 Sundar Pichai2025$10.91M Yearly salary6.8×
💼 Satya Nadella2025$96.5M Yearly salary0.8×
💼 Mark Zuckerberg2025$25.1M Yearly salary3×
👔 Typical CEO in the US2025$213,990350×

Ratios compare the same kind of figure (estimated total earnings with estimates, salary with salary), both in dollars (¥150 = $1). When years differ, each row shows its own year.

Who earns more?

Highest year on this page

Of the years on this page, 2024 is the highest (about $74.6M). Media estimate

Of fiscal 2024-2025, 2024 was highest, with the largest stock award.

An earlier year may have been higher.

Common questions

How has Cook's pay changed?

$74.6M in fiscal 2024 (Fortune), $74.3M in fiscal 2025.

How much does Tim Cook make in a day?

Dividing pay of about $74.29M in 2025 by 365 gives about $204K a day.

When did Tim Cook earn the most?

Of the years on this page, 2024 is the highest (about $74.6M). An earlier year may have been higher.

Who earns more, Tim Cook or Sundar Pichai?

Tim Cook: about $74.29M (2025). Sundar Pichai: about $10.91M (2025). Tim Cook earns about 6.8× as much.

Did Tim Cook announce this pay figure?

No. It comes from the company's official filing.

Also known as

Tim Cook is also called Timothy Donald Cook, Timothy D. Cook.

Sources and data

Sources: sec.gov / fortune.com / phonearena.com. “Estimated” figures come from news or magazines, not from the person.

Their job: 👔 CEO — CEO (typical) $213,990

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