The above 40 companies are either based in New Hampshire or have a substantial workforce here (more than 400 employees or more than 1% of their employees). Many fast food chains are not included because they are franchises and not direct employees of the company.

Executive Pay: From last fiscal year available, executive pay includes salary as well other cash and equity compensation, as listed in the Summary Compensation Table of financial disclosures. (An asterisk means the fiscal year ended in 2019 before December. Most of the data is from fiscal year ended on December 31, 2019, or a few months afterward.)

Company Profit/Loss: Net earnings for the same fiscal year as the executive pay.

Say Pay: The percent of shareholders that either voted no or abstained as a percentage of those who voted. Some companies exempt shareholders from the vote, or schedule it every three years.

2-Year Pay Change and 2-Year Revenue Change: The change in CEO pay and revenue from two years previous. Companies that were not publicly traded then receive “N/A.”

Ratio: The company’s disclosed ratio between the CEO pay and the median employee. Smaller and newer companies are exempt.

Pay Cut: A “Y” indicates that CEO took a cut in compensation, usually in base salary, because of the pandemic. Blank fields indicate the CEO either didn’t take such a cut or didn’t disclose it in public filings.

Highlights: Light green indicates highest numbers. Light blue indicates lowest numbers.

Source: Pay profit and ratio in US Securities and Exchange Commission public filings. All other data from NH Business Review calculations based on those filings.