Company Pay Ratios
Publicly traded companies are required to disclose the pay ratio between their chief executive and median employees.
Company pay ratio data is important. It shows which companies are investing in their workforce to create high-wage jobs. The table below shows how companies pay their CEOs relative to their workforce.
Ticker | Company | Median Worker Pay | Pay Ratio Sort descending |
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CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. | $31,450 | 571:1 |
TTWO | Take Two Interactive Software Inc. | $75,276 | 578:1 |
LOW | Lowes Companies Inc. | $29,584 | 591:1 |
MU | Micron Technology Inc. | $48,310 | 597:1 |
EL | Estee Lauder Companies Inc. | $33,819 | 645:1 |
ACN | Accenture PLC | $51,635 | 653:1 |
AVY | Avery Dennison Corp. | $13,688 | 665:1 |
KR | Kroger Co. | $28,644 | 671:1 |
TGT | Target Corp. | $25,993 | 680:1 |
DG | Dollar General Corp. | $18,352 | 702:1 |
RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd | $15,264 | 705:1 |
WBA | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | $24,530 | 705:1 |
FIS | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | $62,591 | 724:1 |
PANW | Palo Alto Networks Inc. | $206,035 | 735:1 |
CPRT | Copart Inc. | $41,662 | 744:1 |
SPGI | S&p Global Inc. | $35,926 | 797:1 |
GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | $279,802 | 808:1 |
PM | Philip Morris International Inc. | $19,411 | 813:1 |
APH | Amphenol Corp. | $16,726 | 834:1 |
IR | Ingersoll Rand Inc. | $65,098 | 837:1 |
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NOTE: For companies with more than one CEO during the year, the highest-paid CEO is included in the database. Pay ratio between CEO pay and median employee pay are displayed as disclosed by each company’s proxy statement. The CEO pay ratio may not equal the displayed CEO’s total compensation due to differing company methodologies in calculating pay ratios.
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