CEO Total Pay
$1.1M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, below median
BJRI FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
BJs RESTAURANTS INC CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $1.1M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $44,451 · Eating & Drinking Places.
- State
- CA
- Filing date
- 2025-04-23
- Industry
- Eating & Drinking Places
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
25:1
Below Average (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$1.1M
Median worker
$44,451
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
BJs RESTAURANTS INC reported a 25:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - at or below the Eating & Drinking Places median of 425:1 across 18 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Eating & Drinking Places companies.
- Pay ratio
- 25:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $1.1M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $44,451
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Eating & Drinking Places peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 18 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 58. 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 BJs RESTAURANTS INC's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · BJs RESTAURANTS 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
- 25:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- -98:1
- from FY2023 123:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -69%
- $1.1M latest
- Filings shown
- 4
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $3.7M | - | $22,219 | 167:1 | - |
| 2022 | $2.7M | -28% | $23,756 | 112:1 | -55:1 |
| 2023 | $3.6M | +34% | $28,981 | 123:1 | +11:1 |
| 2024 | $1.1M | -69% | $44,451 | 25:1 | -98:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1013488, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Eating & Drinking Places
This Company's Ratio
25:1
Industry Median Ratio
425:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$7.8M
This CEO's Pay
$1.1M
Companies in Industry
18
vs. Industry Median
Below
BJs RESTAURANTS INC: MODEST · LIGHT pay ratio
BJs RESTAURANTS INC disclosed 25:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $1.1M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 25× the median employee ($44,451) in FY2024.
Median employee $44,451 (PAR-MED); MODEST · LIGHT stamps put about 25 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
25:1
Below typical
What FY2024 shows for BJs RESTAURANTS INC
BJs RESTAURANTS INC disclosed 25:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $1.1M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Eating & Drinking Places (SIC 58) median ratio is 425:1 across 18 FY2025 filers; BJs RESTAURANTS INC's $1.1M CEO total is at or below the $7.8M industry median CEO pay.
BJs RESTAURANTS INC stamps MODEST · LIGHT · PAR-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Eating & Drinking Places peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $1.1M
- Median Employee Pay
- $44,451
- Pay Ratio
- 25:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-23
Company Info
- Ticker
- BJRI
- CIK
- 1013488
- Industry
- Eating & Drinking Places
- SIC Code
- 5812
- State
- CA
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1013488, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. BJs RESTAURANTS INC disclosed 25:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $1.1M CEO total in FY2024.
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ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $1.1M (Δ $2K heavier vs BJs RESTAURANTS INC); FLOOR · HIGH-MED vs this page's MODEST · LIGHT · PAR-MED.
Oracle Corp · LIGHT
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $1.1M (Δ $2K heavier vs BJs RESTAURANTS INC); FLOOR · HIGH-MED vs this page's MODEST · LIGHT · PAR-MED.
Global Net Lease, Inc. · LIGHT
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $1.1M (Δ $3K lighter vs BJs RESTAURANTS INC); FLOOR · ELITE-MED vs this page's MODEST · LIGHT · PAR-MED.
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc · LIGHT
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $1.1M (Δ $5K lighter vs BJs RESTAURANTS INC); FLOOR · PAR-MED vs this page's MODEST · LIGHT · PAR-MED.
Eating & Drinking Places benchmark
BJs RESTAURANTS INC stamps MODEST · LIGHT · PAR-MED inside SIC 58 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MODEST
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Ratio primer · MODEST
BJs RESTAURANTS INC's MODEST stamp sits in the lower Item 402(u) band - start with how the ratio is disclosed before comparing peers.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for BJs RESTAURANTS INC (CIK 1013488), 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.