CEO Total Pay
$34.5M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, well above median
TSN FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Tyson Foods, Inc. CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $34.5M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $43,206 · Food & Beverages.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2025-12-17
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
798:1
Extreme (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$34.5M
Median worker
$43,206
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
Tyson Foods, Inc. reported a 798:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Food & Beverages median of 141:1 across 27 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Food & Beverages companies.
- Pay ratio
- 798:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $34.5M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $43,206
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Food & Beverages peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 24 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 20. 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 Tyson Foods, Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Tyson Foods, Inc.
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2022–2024. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 798:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- +273:1
- from FY2023 525:1
- CEO $ YoY
- +51%
- $34.5M latest
- Filings shown
- 3
- FY2022–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $13.2M | - | $41,949 | 314:1 | - |
| 2023 | $22.8M | +73% | $43,417 | 525:1 | +211:1 |
| 2024 | $34.5M | +51% | $43,206 | 798:1 | +273:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 100493, FY2022–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Food & Beverages
This Company's Ratio
798:1
Industry Median Ratio
141:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$9.4M
This CEO's Pay
$34.5M
Companies in Industry
27
vs. Industry Median
Above
Tyson Foods, Inc.: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio
Tyson Foods, Inc. stamps EXTREME · PEAK at 798:1 with $34.5M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 798× the median employee ($43,206) in FY2024.
At $43,206 median worker pay (PAR-MED), the EXTREME stamp means roughly 798 years of median wages to match one CEO year.
Pay Ratio
798:1
Outlier, top decile
What FY2024 shows for Tyson Foods, Inc.
Tyson Foods, Inc. stamps EXTREME · PEAK at 798:1 with $34.5M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Food & Beverages (SIC 20) median ratio is 141:1 across 27 FY2025 filers; Tyson Foods, Inc.'s $34.5M CEO total is above the $9.4M industry median CEO pay.
Tyson Foods, Inc. stamps EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Food & Beverages peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $34.5M
- Median Employee Pay
- $43,206
- Pay Ratio
- 798:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-12-17
Company Info
- Ticker
- TSN
- CIK
- 100493
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- SIC Code
- 2015
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 100493, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Tyson Foods, Inc. stamps EXTREME · PEAK at 798:1 with $34.5M 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 EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $34.8M (Δ $273K heavier vs Tyson Foods, Inc.); EXTREME · LOW-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Flagstar Bank, National Association · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $34.8M (Δ $339K heavier vs Tyson Foods, Inc.); HIGH · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $33.9M (Δ $553K lighter vs Tyson Foods, Inc.); HIGH · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $35.2M (Δ $717K heavier vs Tyson Foods, Inc.); STEEP · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Food & Beverages benchmark
Tyson Foods, Inc. stamps EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED inside SIC 20 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · EXTREME
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Highest-paid CEOs · EXTREME
Tyson Foods, Inc.'s EXTREME stamp is in the upper tail - the highest-paid list shows how dollar packages and ratios diverge.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Tyson Foods, Inc. (CIK 100493), 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.