CEO Total Pay
$17.3M
FY2022 Summary Compensation, well above median
WDAY FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Workday, Inc. CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $17.3M in FY2022 against median worker pay of $233,831 · Business Services.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2023-05-10
- Industry
- Business Services
- Fiscal year
- FY2022
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
74:1
Moderate (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$17.3M
Median worker
$233,831
Latest filing FY2022. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2022, 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
Workday, Inc. reported a 74:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2022 - at or below the Business Services median of 95:1 across 189 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Business Services companies.
- Pay ratio
- 74:1
- FY2022 disclosed
- CEO total
- $17.3M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $233,831
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Business Services peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 173 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 73. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2022
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Workday, Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Industry Comparison - Business Services
This Company's Ratio
74:1
Industry Median Ratio
95:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$7.9M
This CEO's Pay
$17.3M
Companies in Industry
189
vs. Industry Median
Below
Workday, Inc.: MODEST · PEAK pay ratio
Workday, Inc. disclosed 74:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $17.3M CEO total in FY2022. the CEO earned 74× the median employee ($233,831) in FY2022.
Median employee $233,831 (ELITE-MED); MODEST · PEAK stamps put about 74 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
74:1
Near industry median
What FY2022 shows for Workday, Inc.
Workday, Inc. disclosed 74:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $17.3M CEO total in FY2022. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Business Services (SIC 73) median ratio is 95:1 across 189 FY2025 filers; Workday, Inc.'s $17.3M CEO total is above the $7.9M industry median CEO pay.
Workday, Inc. stamps MODEST · PEAK · ELITE-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Business Services peers.
Key Data, FY2022
- Total Compensation
- $17.3M
- Median Employee Pay
- $233,831
- Pay Ratio
- 74:1
- Filing Date
- 2023-05-10
Company Info
- Ticker
- WDAY
- CIK
- 1327811
- Industry
- Business Services
- SIC Code
- 7374
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1327811, FY2022. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Workday, Inc. disclosed 74:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $17.3M CEO total in FY2022.
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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 MODEST · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
Becton Dickinson & Co · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $17.3M (Δ $3K lighter vs Workday, Inc.); HIGH · PAR-MED vs this page's MODEST · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
Williams Sonoma Inc · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $17.3M (Δ $19K heavier vs Workday, Inc.); HIGH · LOW-MED vs this page's MODEST · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $17.3M (Δ $22K heavier vs Workday, Inc.); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's MODEST · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $17.4M (Δ $63K heavier vs Workday, Inc.); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's MODEST · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
Business Services benchmark
Workday, Inc. stamps MODEST · PEAK · ELITE-MED inside SIC 73 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MODEST
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Ratio primer · MODEST
Workday, Inc.'s MODEST stamp sits in the lower Item 402(u) band - start with how the ratio is disclosed before comparing peers.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Workday, Inc. (CIK 1327811), FY2022. 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.