CEO Total Pay
$114K
FY2024 Summary Compensation, below median
AVAV FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
AeroVironment Inc CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $114K in FY2024 against median worker pay of $113,740 · Transportation Equipment.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2025-08-13
- Industry
- Transportation Equipment
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
1:1
Below Average (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$114K
Median worker
$113,740
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
AeroVironment Inc reported a 1:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - at or below the Transportation Equipment median of 166:1 across 41 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Transportation Equipment companies.
- Pay ratio
- 1:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $114K
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $113,740
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Transportation Equipment peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 35 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 37. 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 AeroVironment Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · AeroVironment Inc
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
- 1:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- -2:1
- from FY2023 3:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -66%
- $114K latest
- Filings shown
- 4
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $206K | - | $103,146 | 2:1 | - |
| 2022 | $984K | +377% | $109,279 | 9:1 | +7:1 |
| 2023 | $339K | -66% | $112,898 | 3:1 | -6:1 |
| 2024 | $114K | -66% | $113,740 | 1:1 | -2:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1368622, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Transportation Equipment
This Company's Ratio
1:1
Industry Median Ratio
166:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$8.4M
This CEO's Pay
$114K
Companies in Industry
41
vs. Industry Median
Below
AeroVironment Inc: near-parity Item 402(u) ratio
AeroVironment Inc stamps PARITY · HIGH-MED at 1:1 against $113,740 median worker pay in FY2024. the CEO earned 1× the median employee ($113,740) in FY2024.
At $113,740 median worker pay, the PARITY stamp is near pay-parity territory under MICRO CEO total.
Pay Ratio
1:1
Below typical
What FY2024 shows for AeroVironment Inc
AeroVironment Inc stamps PARITY · HIGH-MED at 1:1 against $113,740 median worker pay in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Transportation Equipment (SIC 37) median ratio is 166:1 across 41 FY2025 filers; AeroVironment Inc's $114K CEO total is at or below the $8.4M industry median CEO pay.
AeroVironment Inc stamps PARITY · MICRO · HIGH-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Transportation Equipment peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $114K
- Median Employee Pay
- $113,740
- Pay Ratio
- 1:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-08-13
Company Info
- Ticker
- AVAV
- CIK
- 1368622
- Industry
- Transportation Equipment
- SIC Code
- 3721
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1368622, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. AeroVironment Inc stamps PARITY · HIGH-MED at 1:1 against $113,740 median worker pay 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 PARITY · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
Parsons Corp · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $114K (Δ $63 lighter vs AeroVironment Inc); MID · HIGH-MED vs this page's PARITY · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
MainStreet Bancshares, Inc. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $114K (Δ $160 heavier vs AeroVironment Inc); FLOOR · HIGH-MED vs this page's PARITY · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
Dexcom Inc · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $114K (Δ $473 heavier vs AeroVironment Inc); MID · HIGH-MED vs this page's PARITY · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $113K (Δ $1K lighter vs AeroVironment Inc); MODEST · HIGH-MED vs this page's PARITY · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
Transportation Equipment benchmark
AeroVironment Inc stamps PARITY · MICRO · HIGH-MED inside SIC 37 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · PARITY
See where PARITY · MICRO packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading AeroVironment Inc.
Ratio primer · PARITY
AeroVironment Inc's PARITY 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 AeroVironment Inc (CIK 1368622), 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.