CEO Total Pay
$5.5M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, above median
FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $5.5M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $64,242 · Publishing & Printing.
- State
- NY
- Filing date
- 2025-08-14
- Industry
- Publishing & Printing
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
86:1
Moderate (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$5.5M
Median worker
$64,242
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
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. reported a 86:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Publishing & Printing median of 59:1 across 6 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Publishing & Printing companies.
- Pay ratio
- 86:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $5.5M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $64,242
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Publishing & Printing peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 5 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 27. 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 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · John Wiley & Sons, 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
- 86:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- +10:1
- from FY2023 76:1
- CEO $ YoY
- +30%
- $5.5M latest
- Filings shown
- 4
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $5.0M | - | $54,568 | 91:1 | - |
| 2022 | $4.4M | -11% | $54,255 | 81:1 | -10:1 |
| 2023 | $4.2M | -3.5% | $55,823 | 76:1 | -5:1 |
| 2024 | $5.5M | +30% | $64,242 | 86:1 | +10:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 107140, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Publishing & Printing
This Company's Ratio
86:1
Industry Median Ratio
59:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$4.1M
This CEO's Pay
$5.5M
Companies in Industry
6
vs. Industry Median
Above
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: MID · MID$ pay ratio
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. disclosed 86:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $5.5M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 86× the median employee ($64,242) in FY2024.
Median employee $64,242 (PAR-MED); MID · MID$ stamps put about 86 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
86:1
Near industry median
What FY2024 shows for John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. disclosed 86:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $5.5M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Publishing & Printing (SIC 27) median ratio is 59:1 across 6 FY2025 filers; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s $5.5M CEO total is above the $4.1M industry median CEO pay.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. stamps MID · MID$ · PAR-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Publishing & Printing peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $5.5M
- Median Employee Pay
- $64,242
- Pay Ratio
- 86:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-08-14
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 107140, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. disclosed 86:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $5.5M CEO total in FY2024.
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ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps MID · MID$ · PAR-MED.
United Bankshares Inc/wv · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.5M (Δ $7K heavier vs John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); MID · PAR-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · PAR-MED.
Strategic Education, Inc. · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.5M (Δ $16K lighter vs John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); MID · PAR-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · PAR-MED.
Addus HomeCare Corp · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.5M (Δ $21K heavier vs John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); HIGH · LOW-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · PAR-MED.
Bristow Group Inc. · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.5M (Δ $24K heavier vs John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · PAR-MED.
Publishing & Printing benchmark
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. stamps MID · MID$ · PAR-MED inside SIC 27 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MID
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Pay-equity trends · MID
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s MID · PAR-MED stamps sit mid-band - pay-equity trends place the ratio against workforce pay.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (CIK 107140), 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.