CEO Total Pay
$212.7M
FY2022 Summary Compensation, well above median
AMZN FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Amazon Com Inc CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $212.7M in FY2022 against median worker pay of $32,855 · Miscellaneous Retail.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2023-04-13
- Industry
- Miscellaneous Retail
- Fiscal year
- FY2022
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
6,474:1
Extreme (bar capped at 1000:1; actual ratio shown above)
CEO pay
$212.7M
Median worker
$32,855
Latest filing FY2022. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2022, 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
Amazon Com Inc reported a 6,474:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2022 - above the Miscellaneous Retail median of 94:1 across 18 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Miscellaneous Retail companies.
- Pay ratio
- 6,474:1
- FY2022 disclosed
- CEO total
- $212.7M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $32,855
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Miscellaneous Retail peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 18 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 59. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2022
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Amazon Com Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Industry Comparison - Miscellaneous Retail
This Company's Ratio
6,474:1
Industry Median Ratio
94:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$8.5M
This CEO's Pay
$212.7M
Companies in Industry
18
vs. Industry Median
Above
Amazon Com Inc: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio
Amazon Com Inc stamps MEGA · OUTLIER at 6,474:1 with $212.7M CEO total in FY2022. the CEO earned 6474× the median employee ($32,855) in FY2022.
At $32,855 median worker pay (LOW-MED), the MEGA stamp means roughly 6474 years of median wages to match one CEO year.
Pay Ratio
6,474:1
Outlier, top decile
What FY2022 shows for Amazon Com Inc
Amazon Com Inc stamps MEGA · OUTLIER at 6,474:1 with $212.7M CEO total in FY2022. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Miscellaneous Retail (SIC 59) median ratio is 94:1 across 18 FY2025 filers; Amazon Com Inc's $212.7M CEO total is above the $8.5M industry median CEO pay.
Amazon Com Inc stamps MEGA · OUTLIER · LOW-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Miscellaneous Retail peers.
Key Data, FY2022
- Total Compensation
- $212.7M
- Median Employee Pay
- $32,855
- Pay Ratio
- 6,474:1
- Filing Date
- 2023-04-13
Company Info
- Ticker
- AMZN
- CIK
- 1018724
- Industry
- Miscellaneous Retail
- SIC Code
- 5961
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1018724, FY2022. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Amazon Com Inc stamps MEGA · OUTLIER at 6,474:1 with $212.7M CEO total in FY2022.
Read with Amazon Com Inc
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps MEGA · OUTLIER · LOW-MED.
Alphabet Inc. · OUTLIER
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $226.0M (Δ $13.3M heavier vs Amazon Com Inc); EXTREME · ELITE-MED vs this page's MEGA · OUTLIER · LOW-MED.
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc · OUTLIER
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $182.8M (Δ $29.9M lighter vs Amazon Com Inc); MEGA · LOW-MED vs this page's MEGA · OUTLIER · LOW-MED.
Palo Alto Networks Inc · OUTLIER
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $151.4M (Δ $61.3M lighter vs Amazon Com Inc); EXTREME · ELITE-MED vs this page's MEGA · OUTLIER · LOW-MED.
Coty Inc. · OUTLIER
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $149.4M (Δ $63.3M lighter vs Amazon Com Inc); MEGA · LOW-MED vs this page's MEGA · OUTLIER · LOW-MED.
Miscellaneous Retail benchmark
Amazon Com Inc stamps MEGA · OUTLIER · LOW-MED inside SIC 59 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MEGA
See where MEGA · OUTLIER packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Amazon Com Inc.
Highest-paid CEOs · MEGA
Amazon Com Inc's MEGA 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 Amazon Com Inc (CIK 1018724), FY2022. 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.