Pay vs. performance.

• Position: Illustration

PAY VS. PERFORMANCE 2003 rank Exchange/ Base 2002 CEO/ Ticker/ salary rank Company City (000s) 1 John B. Blystone (N-SPW) $1,400.0 6 SPX Charlotte 2 Thomas P. Mac Mahon (N-LH) 825.0 3 Laboratory Corp. of America Burlington 3 Kenneth D. Lewis (N-BAC) 1,500.0 1 Bank of America Charlotte 4 G. Kennedy Thompson (N-WB) 1,000.0 2 Wachovia Charlotte 5 William Cavanough III (N-PGN) 1,134.2 11 Progress Energy Raleigh 6 Richard B. Priory (N-DUK) 1,191.7 5 Duke Energy Charlotte 7 Mackey J. McDonald (N-VFC) 990.0 13 VF Greensboro 8 David A. Stonecipher (N-JP) 1,134.7 4 Jefferson-Pilot Greensboro 9 Robert L. Tillman (N-LOW) 1,000.0 7 Lowe's Wilkesboro 10 Andrew J. Schindler (N-RJR) 1,041.7 9 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Winston-Salem 11 John A. Allison IV (N-BBT) 844.5 15 BB&T Winston-Salem 12 David L. Burner (N-GR) 1,000.0 16 Goodrich Charlotte 13 J. Frank Harrison III (Q-COKE) 660.8 18 Coca-Cola Consolidated Charlotte 14 Brian R. Parke (N-UFI) 750.0 39 Unifi Greensboro 15 Charles M. Swoboda (1) (Q-CREE) 300.0 -- Cree Durham 16 Ronald P. Gibson (N-HIW) 390.4 19 Highwoods Properties Raleigh 17 Stephen P. Zelnalk Jr. (N-MLM) 770.0 17 Martin Marietta Materials Raleigh 18 Richmond D. McKinnish (N-CSL) 685.0 35 Carlisle Charlotte 19 Matthew J. Szulik (Q-RHAT) 350.0 12 Red Hat Raleigh 20 Steven R. LeBlanc (1) (N-SMT) 440.0 27 Summit Properties Charlotte 21 Howard R. Levine (N-FDO) 600.0 23 Family Dollar Stores Matthews 22 Frank M. Drendel (N-CTV) 555.0 46 CommScope Hickory 23 Daniel A. Pelak (1) (Q-CLSR) 110.4 -- Closure Medical Raleigh 24 O. Bruton Smith (2) (N-SAH) 831.0 22 Sonic Automotive Charlotte 25 Philip Tabbiner (1) (Q-AAII) 397.9 -- aaiPharma Wilmington 26 Dani P. Bologne (Q-TRMS) $417.3 21 Trimeris Durham 27 Robert A. Briggeworth (1) (Q-RFMD) 297.7 -- RF Micro Devices Greensboro 28 Scott A. Livengood (N-KKD) 495.8 14 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Winston-Salem 29 Fredic N. Eshelman (Q-PPDI) 590.8 20 PPD Wilmington 30 Douglas Lebda (Q-TREE) 275.0 32 LendingTree (3) Charlotte 31 Pamnela J. Kirby (1) (Q-QTRN) 570.6 10 Quintiles Transnational (4) Durham 32 John P. Durham Cato (N-CTR) 735.1 25 Cato Charlotte 33 Ernest F. Schaub (1) (N-NPO) 401.5 -- EnPro Industries (5) Charlotte 34 John R. Plachetka (Q-POZN) 361.0 24 Pozen Chapel Hill 35 Stanley K. Tanger (N-SKT) 430.0 48 Tanger Factory Outlet Greensboro 36 O. Bruton Smith (2) (N-TRK) 375.0 34 Speedway Motorsports Concord 37 Walter S. Nimmo (Q-IRGI) 256.3 -- Inveresk Research Group (6) Cary 38 Billy D. Prim (Q-RINO) 388.0 41 Blue Rhino Winston-Salem 39 Daniel R DiMicco (N-NUE) 494.7 49 Nucor Charlotte 40 Robery E. Harrison (N STW) 470.0 30 Standard Commercial Wilson 41 Robert G. Culp III (N-CFI) 402.5 53 Culp High Point 42 Lawrence M. Kimbrough (Q-FCTR) 350.0 42 First Charter Charlotte 43 David Crane (Q-MDTH) 450.0 38 MedCath Charlotte 44 Earl F. Congdon (Q-ODFF) 349.2 44 Old Dominion Freight Line Thomasville 45 Lewis R. Holding (Q-FCNCA) 716.6 33 First Citizens BancShares Raleigh 46 Carolyn J. Logan (1) (Q-SLXP) 300.4 -- Salix Pharmaceuticals Raleigh 47 Ware F. Schiefer (N-PNY) 440.4 40 Piedmont Natural Gas Charlotte 48 Peter J. Sodini (Q-PTRY) 549.3 36 Pantry Sanford 49 Thomas A. Vann (Q-FSBK) 270.0 54 First South Bancorp Washington 50 Thomas W. Dickson (N-RDK) 345.0 55 Ruddick Charlotte 51 James C. McGill (Q-FSBC) $175.0 43 1st State Bancorp Burlington 52 Stephen H. Clark (O-SPCS) 375.0 -- SpectraSite (7) Cary 53 Darryl W. Thompson (Q-TGIC) 244.0 26 Triad Guaranty Winston-Salem 54 Robert F. Lowe (Q-LXBK) 277.0 56 LSB Bancshares Lexington 55 Robert W...