CEO Total Pay
$20.3M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, well above median
FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Metlife Inc CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $20.3M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $82,703 · Insurance Carriers.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2025-04-29
- Industry
- Insurance Carriers
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
246:1
High (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$20.3M
Median worker
$82,703
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
Metlife Inc reported a 246:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Insurance Carriers median of 69:1 across 56 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Insurance Carriers companies.
- Pay ratio
- 246:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $20.3M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $82,703
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Insurance Carriers peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 51 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 63. 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 Metlife Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Metlife 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
- 246:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- -6:1
- from FY2023 252:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -1.1%
- $20.3M latest
- Filings shown
- 4
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $16.7M | - | $76,392 | 218:1 | - |
| 2022 | $18.1M | +8.9% | $64,070 | 283:1 | +65:1 |
| 2023 | $20.6M | +14% | $81,672 | 252:1 | -31:1 |
| 2024 | $20.3M | -1.1% | $82,703 | 246:1 | -6:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1099219, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Insurance Carriers
This Company's Ratio
246:1
Industry Median Ratio
69:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$8.3M
This CEO's Pay
$20.3M
Companies in Industry
56
vs. Industry Median
Above
Metlife Inc: STEEP · PEAK pay ratio
Metlife Inc disclosed 246:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $20.3M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 246× the median employee ($82,703) in FY2024.
Median employee $82,703 (HIGH-MED); STEEP · PEAK stamps put about 246 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
246:1
Elevated vs. peers
What FY2024 shows for Metlife Inc
Metlife Inc disclosed 246:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $20.3M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Insurance Carriers (SIC 63) median ratio is 69:1 across 56 FY2025 filers; Metlife Inc's $20.3M CEO total is above the $8.3M industry median CEO pay.
Metlife Inc stamps STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Insurance Carriers peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $20.3M
- Median Employee Pay
- $82,703
- Pay Ratio
- 246:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-29
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1099219, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Metlife Inc disclosed 246:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $20.3M 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 STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Ebay Inc · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $20.3M (Δ $20K lighter vs Metlife Inc); MID · ELITE-MED vs this page's STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
HCI Group, Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $20.2M (Δ $125K lighter vs Metlife Inc); HIGH · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Elevance Health, Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $20.5M (Δ $127K heavier vs Metlife Inc); HIGH · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Mckesson Corp · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $20.2M (Δ $165K lighter vs Metlife Inc); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Insurance Carriers benchmark
Metlife Inc stamps STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED inside SIC 63 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · STEEP
See where STEEP · PEAK packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Metlife Inc.
Comp structure · PEAK
Metlife Inc's PEAK CEO total is equity-sensitive - read what grant-date fair value does and does not mean.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Metlife Inc (CIK 1099219), 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.