April 11 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) New Tab, opens new tab paid Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods $36.9 million in total compensation for 2023, up nearly 3% from a year earlier, the oil major said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.

The median pay for an Exxon worker rose New Tab, opens new tab 8% last year to $185,376.

Rival oil major Chevron's CEO Michael Wirth also saw total compensation increase by 12.2%. He was paid $26.5 million in 2023.

The salary hikes come even as profits from oil majors have been down in 2023 by about a third from record levels in 2022, as oil and gas prices retreated after spiking when Russia invaded Ukraine.

Exxon ended 2023 with a $36 billion profit versus $55.7 billion it earned a year earlier.

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