List of lowest-paid CEOs in US for 2009

The 10 lowest-paid CEOs for 2009 at Standard & Poor's 500 companies based on calculations by The Associated Press. The analysis includes companies that filed proxy statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission between Jan. 1 and April 30.

The total pay figures are rounded and are based on the AP's compensation formula, which adds up salary, perks, bonuses, preferential interest rates on pay set aside for later, and company estimates for the value of stock options and stock awards on the day they were granted last year.

1. Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., $1

2. Kenneth Lewis, Bank of America Corp., $32,171

3. Vikram Pandit, Citigroup Inc., $128,751

4. Thomas Hoaglin, Huntington Bancshares, $174,364

5. Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., $245,322

6. Charles Holliday Jr., E.I. Dupont Co., $266,396

7. Liam McGee, Hartford Financial Services Group, $341,654

8. Donald Graham, The Washington Post Co., $412,740

9. Willard Oberton, Fastenal Co., $485,000

10. Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., $519,490