FY2025 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A #1 of 37 in industry

Nabors Industries Ltd CEO pay ratio

The CEO earned $29.6M in FY2025 against median worker pay of $57,656 · Oil & Gas Extraction.

Oil & Gas Extraction peers All rankings
State
D0
Filing date
2026-04-22
Industry
Oil & Gas Extraction
Industry rank
#1/37

Data updated August 2026

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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
514:1
Extreme (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$29.6M
Median worker
$57,656

Answer first

Nabors Industries Ltd's FY2025 CEO total of $29.6M ranks #72 of 1,423 complete filings; its 514:1 pay ratio ranks #103. Dollar rank is not ratio rank.

According to the same FY2025 complete-filing cohort used on the rankings boards (CEO total, median worker, and ratio all present). Median worker pay is $57,656. Industry placement uses the FY2025 SIC-13 peer cohort (# 1 of 37, 100th percentile - top 1% of industry peers by pay ratio). Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Oil & Gas Extraction companies.

Dollar rank
#72
$29.6M of 1,423 FY2025
Ratio rank
#103
514:1 of 1,423
Industry pct
100th
top 1% of industry peers by pay ratio

How Nabors Industries Ltd ranks nationally

Nabors Industries Ltd CEO pay vs. every FY2025 complete filing

Total CEO compensation, the full national distribution, this company marked

$29,635,184 Top 5% higher than 95% of 1,423 companies

$0–$2,500,000: 304 companies (21%). Below this entry. $2,500,000–$5,000,000: 182 companies (13%). Below this entry. $5,000,000–$7,500,000: 208 companies (15%). Below this entry. $7,500,000–$10,000,000: 192 companies (13%). Below this entry. $10,000,000–$12,500,000: 139 companies (10%). Below this entry. $12,500,000–$15,000,000: 91 companies (6%). Below this entry. $15,000,000–$17,500,000: 88 companies (6%). Below this entry. $17,500,000–$20,000,000: 54 companies (4%). Below this entry. $20,000,000–$22,500,000: 24 companies (2%). Below this entry. $22,500,000–$25,000,000: 34 companies (2%). Below this entry. $25,000,000–$27,500,000: 24 companies (2%). Below this entry. $27,500,000–$30,000,000: 16 companies (1%). This entry sits in this band. $30,000,000–$32,500,000: 10 companies (1%). Above this entry. $32,500,000–$35,000,000: 7 companies (0%). Above this entry. $35,000,000–$37,500,000: 9 companies (1%). Above this entry. $37,500,000–$40,000,000: 6 companies (0%). Above this entry. $40,000,000–$42,500,000: 1 companies (0%). Above this entry. $42,500,000–$45,000,000: 1 companies (0%). Above this entry. $45,000,000–$47,500,000: 6 companies (0%). Above this entry. $47,500,000–$50,000,000: 27 companies (2%). Above this entry. This company $0 $50M+ every complete-filing company, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $2500K-wide band; taller bars hold more companies. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source SEC DEF 14A Section 953(b) disclosures, PlainCEOPay extract · FY2025

Nabors Industries Ltd vs. Oil & Gas Extraction peers

CEO total pay ($29.6M) against pay ratio (514:1) for Nabors Industries Ltd (marked) and its 5 closest same-industry peers, against the Oil & Gas Extraction industry median on both axes.

Pay + gap both highContained pay, wide gapHigh pay, contained gapBelow peer norms on both4400774.511009786.517618798.524227810.530836822.631:1157.5:1284:1410.5:1537:1CEO total payPay ratio (CEO : median worker)Nabors Industries Ltd, CEO total pay: 29635184 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 514:1Nabors Industries LtdCore Laboratories Inc. /DE/, CEO total pay: 5604877 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 120:1Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/SEADRILL Ltd, CEO total pay: 5851948 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 104:1SEADRILL LtdEQT Corp, CEO total pay: 16049769 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 103:1EQT CorpDiamondback Energy, Inc., CEO total pay: 14931423 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 89:1Diamondback Energy, Inc.Occidental Petroleum Corp /de/, CEO total pay: 18050960 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 80:1Occidental Petroleum Corp /de/
Nabors Industries Ltd vs. Oil & Gas Extraction peers, plotted against the industry's $5.6M median CEO total and 54:1 median pay ratio.

Ratio bands among Oil & Gas Extraction peers

Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 33 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 13. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.

CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2025

A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Nabors Industries Ltd's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →

Filing-year trail · Nabors Industries Ltd

Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2022–2025. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).

Latest ratio
514:1
FY2025
vs prior FY
+218:1
from FY2024 296:1
CEO $ YoY
+97%
$29.6M latest
Filings shown
4
FY2022–2025
Nabors Industries Ltd CEO total compensation, median worker pay, and pay ratio by fiscal year from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A.
FY CEO pay Δ pay Median worker Pay ratio Δ ratio
2022 $10.8M - $49,641 217:1 -
2023 $10.3M -4.1% $40,980 252:1 +35:1
2024 $15.0M +46% $50,784 296:1 +44:1
2025 $29.6M +97% $57,656 514:1 +218:1

Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1163739, FY2022–2025. Adjacent-year deltas only.

Industry Comparison - Oil & Gas Extraction

This Company's Ratio
514:1
Industry Median Ratio
54:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$5.6M
This CEO's Pay
$29.6M
Companies in Industry
37
vs. Industry Median
Above
#1 of 37 by pay ratio in this industry View all companies in Oil & Gas Extraction →

Nabors Industries Ltd: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio

Nabors Industries Ltd's FY2025 ratio 514:1 ranks #1 of 37 Oil & Gas Extraction filers (100th percentile). the CEO earned 514× the median employee ($57,656) in FY2025.

At $57,656 median worker pay (PAR-MED), the EXTREME stamp means roughly 514 years of median wages to match one CEO year.

CEO Total Pay

$29.6M

FY2025 Summary Compensation, well above median

Pay Ratio

514:1

Outlier, top decile

Nabors Industries Ltd in the higher Oil & Gas Extraction third

Nabors Industries Ltd's FY2025 ratio 514:1 ranks #1 of 37 Oil & Gas Extraction filers (100th percentile). The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Oil & Gas Extraction (SIC 13) median ratio is 54:1 across 37 FY2025 filers; Nabors Industries Ltd's $29.6M CEO total is above the $5.6M industry median CEO pay.

Dollar rank #72 and ratio rank #103 split - treat 514:1 as a disclosure, not a fairness score. Open Oil & Gas Extraction peers.

Key Data, FY2025

Total Compensation
$29.6M
Median Employee Pay
$57,656
Pay Ratio
514:1
Filing Date
2026-04-22

Company Info

CIK
1163739
Industry
Oil & Gas Extraction
SIC Code
1381
State
D0
View SEC filings →
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1163739, FY2025. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Nabors Industries Ltd's FY2025 ratio 514:1 ranks #1 of 37 Oil & Gas Extraction filers (100th percentile).

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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.

Applied Materials Inc /de · PEAK

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $29.6M (Δ $14K heavier vs Nabors Industries Ltd); HIGH · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Qualcomm Inc/de · PEAK

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $29.7M (Δ $66K heavier vs Nabors Industries Ltd); STEEP · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Pnc Financial Services Group, Inc. · PEAK

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $29.5M (Δ $105K lighter vs Nabors Industries Ltd); STEEP · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
At&t Inc. · PEAK

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $29.9M (Δ $255K heavier vs Nabors Industries Ltd); STEEP · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/ (SIC 13 pole)

Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/ stamps MID · MID$ nearest in-SIC by ABS(pay_ratio) to Nabors Industries Ltd's EXTREME filing.
National dual ranks · #72/#103

Nabors Industries Ltd's FY2025 package sits #72 by CEO dollars and #103 by ratio under PEAK · EXTREME.
Highest-paid CEOs · EXTREME

Nabors Industries Ltd'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 Nabors Industries Ltd (CIK 1163739), FY2025. 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.