CEO Total Pay
$3.0M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, below median
PBPB FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Potbelly Corp CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $3.0M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $23,611 · Eating & Drinking Places.
- State
- IL
- Filing date
- 2025-04-04
- Industry
- Eating & Drinking Places
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
125:1
Moderate (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$3.0M
Median worker
$23,611
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
Potbelly Corp reported a 125:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - at or below the Eating & Drinking Places median of 425:1 across 18 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Eating & Drinking Places companies.
- Pay ratio
- 125:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $3.0M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $23,611
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Eating & Drinking Places peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 18 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 58. 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 Potbelly Corp's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Potbelly Corp
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
- 125:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- +13:1
- from FY2023 112:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -24%
- $3.0M latest
- Filings shown
- 4
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $1.7M | - | $21,840 | 76:1 | - |
| 2022 | $1.9M | +16% | $16,744 | 115:1 | +39:1 |
| 2023 | $3.9M | +101% | $34,508 | 112:1 | -3:1 |
| 2024 | $3.0M | -24% | $23,611 | 125:1 | +13:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1195734, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Eating & Drinking Places
This Company's Ratio
125:1
Industry Median Ratio
425:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$7.8M
This CEO's Pay
$3.0M
Companies in Industry
18
vs. Industry Median
Below
Potbelly Corp: MID · MID$ pay ratio
Potbelly Corp disclosed 125:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $3.0M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 125× the median employee ($23,611) in FY2024.
Median employee $23,611 (LOW-MED); MID · MID$ stamps put about 125 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
125:1
Near industry median
What FY2024 shows for Potbelly Corp
Potbelly Corp disclosed 125:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $3.0M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Eating & Drinking Places (SIC 58) median ratio is 425:1 across 18 FY2025 filers; Potbelly Corp's $3.0M CEO total is at or below the $7.8M industry median CEO pay.
Potbelly Corp stamps MID · MID$ · LOW-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Eating & Drinking Places peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $3.0M
- Median Employee Pay
- $23,611
- Pay Ratio
- 125:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-04
Company Info
- Ticker
- PBPB
- CIK
- 1195734
- Industry
- Eating & Drinking Places
- SIC Code
- 5812
- State
- IL
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1195734, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Potbelly Corp disclosed 125:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $3.0M CEO total in FY2024.
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ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps MID · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Dhi Group, Inc. · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $3.0M (Δ $315 lighter vs Potbelly Corp); FLOOR · ELITE-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Equity Bancshares Inc · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $2.9M (Δ $15K lighter vs Potbelly Corp); MODEST · PAR-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · LOW-MED.
AvePoint, Inc. · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $3.0M (Δ $20K heavier vs Potbelly Corp); MID · LOW-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Cerus Corp · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $3.0M (Δ $24K heavier vs Potbelly Corp); FLOOR · ELITE-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Eating & Drinking Places benchmark
Potbelly Corp stamps MID · MID$ · LOW-MED inside SIC 58 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MID
See where MID · MID$ packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Potbelly Corp.
Pay-equity trends · MID
Potbelly Corp's MID · LOW-MED stamps sit mid-band - pay-equity trends place the ratio against workforce pay.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Potbelly Corp (CIK 1195734), 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.