CEO Total Pay
$29.1M
FY2023 Summary Compensation, well above median
NXST FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $29.1M in FY2023 against median worker pay of $57,229 · Communications.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2024-04-29
- Industry
- Communications
- Fiscal year
- FY2023
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
509:1
Extreme (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$29.1M
Median worker
$57,229
Latest filing FY2023. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2023, 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
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. reported a 509:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2023 - above the Communications median of 87:1 across 30 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Communications companies.
- Pay ratio
- 509:1
- FY2023 disclosed
- CEO total
- $29.1M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $57,229
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Communications peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 25 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 48. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2023
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Nexstar Media Group, Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2021–2023. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 509:1
- FY2023
- vs prior FY
- -178:1
- from FY2022 687:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -26%
- $29.1M latest
- Filings shown
- 3
- FY2021–2023
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $21.1M | - | $64,152 | 330:1 | - |
| 2022 | $39.3M | +86% | $57,229 | 687:1 | +357:1 |
| 2023 | $29.1M | -26% | $57,229 | 509:1 | -178:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1142417, FY2021–2023. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Communications
This Company's Ratio
509:1
Industry Median Ratio
87:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$10.8M
This CEO's Pay
$29.1M
Companies in Industry
30
vs. Industry Median
Above
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. stamps EXTREME · PEAK at 509:1 with $29.1M CEO total in FY2023. the CEO earned 509× the median employee ($57,229) in FY2023.
At $57,229 median worker pay (PAR-MED), the EXTREME stamp means roughly 509 years of median wages to match one CEO year.
Pay Ratio
509:1
Outlier, top decile
What FY2023 shows for Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. stamps EXTREME · PEAK at 509:1 with $29.1M CEO total in FY2023. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Communications (SIC 48) median ratio is 87:1 across 30 FY2025 filers; Nexstar Media Group, Inc.'s $29.1M CEO total is above the $10.8M industry median CEO pay.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. stamps EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Communications peers.
Key Data, FY2023
- Total Compensation
- $29.1M
- Median Employee Pay
- $57,229
- Pay Ratio
- 509:1
- Filing Date
- 2024-04-29
Company Info
- Ticker
- NXST
- CIK
- 1142417
- Industry
- Communications
- SIC Code
- 4833
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1142417, FY2023. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. stamps EXTREME · PEAK at 509:1 with $29.1M CEO total in FY2023.
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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 EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Iqvia Holdings Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $29.1M (Δ $18K heavier vs Nexstar Media Group, Inc.); HIGH · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Driven Brands Holdings Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $29.1M (Δ $35K lighter vs Nexstar Media Group, Inc.); EXTREME · LOW-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
NIKE, Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $29.2M (Δ $74K heavier vs Nexstar Media Group, Inc.); EXTREME · LOW-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Oppenheimer Holdings Inc · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $29.0M (Δ $111K lighter vs Nexstar Media Group, Inc.); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Communications benchmark
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. stamps EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED inside SIC 48 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · EXTREME
See where EXTREME · PEAK packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Nexstar Media Group, Inc..
Highest-paid CEOs · EXTREME
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.'s EXTREME 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 Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (CIK 1142417), FY2023. 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.