CEO Total Pay
$12.5M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, above median
WTW FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Willis Towers Watson PLC CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $12.5M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $48,869 · Insurance Agents.
- State
- L2
- Filing date
- 2025-03-28
- Industry
- Insurance Agents
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
256:1
High (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$12.5M
Median worker
$48,869
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
Willis Towers Watson PLC reported a 256:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Insurance Agents median of 72:1 across 8 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Insurance Agents companies.
- Pay ratio
- 256:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $12.5M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $48,869
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Insurance Agents peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 8 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 64. 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 Willis Towers Watson PLC's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Willis Towers Watson PLC
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
- 256:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- +1:1
- from FY2023 255:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -1.3%
- $12.5M latest
- Filings shown
- 4
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $20.4M | - | $66,942 | 304:1 | - |
| 2022 | $10.7M | -47% | $65,244 | 164:1 | -140:1 |
| 2023 | $12.7M | +18% | $49,706 | 255:1 | +91:1 |
| 2024 | $12.5M | -1.3% | $48,869 | 256:1 | +1:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1140536, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Insurance Agents
This Company's Ratio
256:1
Industry Median Ratio
72:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$7.0M
This CEO's Pay
$12.5M
Companies in Industry
8
vs. Industry Median
Above
Willis Towers Watson PLC: STEEP · HEAVY pay ratio
Willis Towers Watson PLC disclosed 256:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $12.5M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 256× the median employee ($48,869) in FY2024.
Median employee $48,869 (PAR-MED); STEEP · HEAVY stamps put about 256 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
256:1
Elevated vs. peers
What FY2024 shows for Willis Towers Watson PLC
Willis Towers Watson PLC disclosed 256:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $12.5M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Insurance Agents (SIC 64) median ratio is 72:1 across 8 FY2025 filers; Willis Towers Watson PLC's $12.5M CEO total is above the $7.0M industry median CEO pay.
Willis Towers Watson PLC stamps STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Insurance Agents peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $12.5M
- Median Employee Pay
- $48,869
- Pay Ratio
- 256:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-03-28
Company Info
- Ticker
- WTW
- CIK
- 1140536
- Industry
- Insurance Agents
- SIC Code
- 6411
- State
- L2
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1140536, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Willis Towers Watson PLC disclosed 256:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $12.5M 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 STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Ulta Beauty, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.5M (Δ $8K heavier vs Willis Towers Watson PLC); MEGA · LOW-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Foot Locker, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.5M (Δ $9K lighter vs Willis Towers Watson PLC); MEGA · LOW-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Acuity Inc. (de) · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.5M (Δ $11K lighter vs Willis Towers Watson PLC); EXTREME · LOW-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
General Mills Inc · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.5M (Δ $16K lighter vs Willis Towers Watson PLC); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Insurance Agents benchmark
Willis Towers Watson PLC stamps STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED inside SIC 64 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · STEEP
See where STEEP · HEAVY packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Willis Towers Watson PLC.
Comp structure · HEAVY
Willis Towers Watson PLC's HEAVY CEO total is equity-sensitive - read what grant-date fair value does and does not mean.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Willis Towers Watson PLC (CIK 1140536), 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.