Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s Pay Slumps 14.5 Percent. Marissa Mayer’s pay in 2015 was $35.9 million, representing a 14.5 percent drop from the Yahoo CEO’s compensation in 2014, according to documents filed Friday. But if Yahoo is sold and she leaves the company, she’ll get a $55 million golden parachute, the Securities and Exchange Commission records disclose.