CEO Total Pay
$13.4M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, above median
EL FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Estee Lauder Companies Inc CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $13.4M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $38,149 · Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2025-09-25
- Industry
- Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
352:1
High (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$13.4M
Median worker
$38,149
Latest filing FY2024. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2024, not FY2025, so the figures on this page are from that earlier year and are not ranked against the FY2025 industry benchmark. Industry pages mark issuers like this one with a "Latest filing" label.
Answer first
Estee Lauder Companies Inc reported a 352:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals median of 42:1 across 168 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals companies.
- Pay ratio
- 352:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $13.4M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $38,149
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 153 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 28. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2024
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Estee Lauder Companies Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Estee Lauder Companies Inc
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2021–2024. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 352:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- -162:1
- from FY2023 514:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -25%
- $13.4M latest
- Filings shown
- 4
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $25.5M | - | $29,236 | 872:1 | - |
| 2022 | $21.8M | -14% | $33,819 | 645:1 | -227:1 |
| 2023 | $17.8M | -18% | $34,711 | 514:1 | -131:1 |
| 2024 | $13.4M | -25% | $38,149 | 352:1 | -162:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1001250, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
This Company's Ratio
352:1
Industry Median Ratio
42:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$7.9M
This CEO's Pay
$13.4M
Companies in Industry
168
vs. Industry Median
Above
Estee Lauder Companies Inc: HIGH · HEAVY pay ratio
Estee Lauder Companies Inc disclosed 352:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $13.4M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 352× the median employee ($38,149) in FY2024.
Median employee $38,149 (LOW-MED); HIGH · HEAVY stamps put about 352 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
352:1
Elevated vs. peers
What FY2024 shows for Estee Lauder Companies Inc
Estee Lauder Companies Inc disclosed 352:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $13.4M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (SIC 28) median ratio is 42:1 across 168 FY2025 filers; Estee Lauder Companies Inc's $13.4M CEO total is above the $7.9M industry median CEO pay.
Estee Lauder Companies Inc stamps HIGH · HEAVY · LOW-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $13.4M
- Median Employee Pay
- $38,149
- Pay Ratio
- 352:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-09-25
Company Info
- Ticker
- EL
- CIK
- 1001250
- Industry
- Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
- SIC Code
- 2844
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1001250, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Estee Lauder Companies Inc disclosed 352:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $13.4M CEO total in FY2024.
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ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps HIGH · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
American Tower Corp /ma/ · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $13.4M (Δ $2K lighter vs Estee Lauder Companies Inc); STEEP · HIGH-MED vs this page's HIGH · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Zebra Technologies Corp · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $13.4M (Δ $13K heavier vs Estee Lauder Companies Inc); STEEP · HIGH-MED vs this page's HIGH · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Masimo Corp · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $13.4M (Δ $38K lighter vs Estee Lauder Companies Inc); STEEP · HIGH-MED vs this page's HIGH · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $13.5M (Δ $45K heavier vs Estee Lauder Companies Inc); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's HIGH · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals benchmark
Estee Lauder Companies Inc stamps HIGH · HEAVY · LOW-MED inside SIC 28 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · HIGH
See where HIGH · HEAVY packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Comp structure · HEAVY
Estee Lauder Companies Inc's HEAVY CEO total is equity-sensitive - read what grant-date fair value does and does not mean.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Estee Lauder Companies Inc (CIK 1001250), FY2024. See our methodology. Aggregated by PlainCEOPay as of August 2026.
Data currency: Executive compensation from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements through fiscal year 2025, compiled and last refreshed August 2026. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.