CEO Total Pay
$12.5M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, above median
ULTA FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Ulta Beauty, Inc. CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $12.5M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $11,078 · Miscellaneous Retail.
- State
- IL
- Filing date
- 2025-04-23
- Industry
- Miscellaneous Retail
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
1,130:1
Extreme (bar capped at 1000:1; actual ratio shown above)
CEO pay
$12.5M
Median worker
$11,078
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
Ulta Beauty, Inc. reported a 1,130:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Miscellaneous Retail median of 94:1 across 18 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Miscellaneous Retail companies.
- Pay ratio
- 1,130:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $12.5M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $11,078
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Miscellaneous Retail peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 18 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 59. 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 Ulta Beauty, Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Ulta Beauty, 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
- 1,130:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- +471:1
- from FY2021 659:1
- CEO $ YoY
- +42%
- $12.5M latest
- Filings shown
- 2
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $8.8M | - | $13,403 | 659:1 | - |
| 2024 | $12.5M | +42% | $11,078 | 1,130:1 | +471:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1403568, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Miscellaneous Retail
This Company's Ratio
1,130:1
Industry Median Ratio
94:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$8.5M
This CEO's Pay
$12.5M
Companies in Industry
18
vs. Industry Median
Above
Ulta Beauty, Inc.: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio
Ulta Beauty, Inc. stamps MEGA · HEAVY at 1,130:1 with $12.5M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 1130× the median employee ($11,078) in FY2024.
At $11,078 median worker pay (LOW-MED), the MEGA stamp means roughly 1130 years of median wages to match one CEO year.
Pay Ratio
1,130:1
Outlier, top decile
What FY2024 shows for Ulta Beauty, Inc.
Ulta Beauty, Inc. stamps MEGA · HEAVY at 1,130:1 with $12.5M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Miscellaneous Retail (SIC 59) median ratio is 94:1 across 18 FY2025 filers; Ulta Beauty, Inc.'s $12.5M CEO total is above the $8.5M industry median CEO pay.
Ulta Beauty, Inc. stamps MEGA · HEAVY · LOW-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Miscellaneous Retail peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $12.5M
- Median Employee Pay
- $11,078
- Pay Ratio
- 1,130:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-23
Company Info
- Ticker
- ULTA
- CIK
- 1403568
- Industry
- Miscellaneous Retail
- SIC Code
- 5990
- State
- IL
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1403568, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Ulta Beauty, Inc. stamps MEGA · HEAVY at 1,130:1 with $12.5M CEO total in FY2024.
Read with Ulta Beauty, Inc.
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps MEGA · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Willis Towers Watson PLC · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.5M (Δ $8K lighter vs Ulta Beauty, Inc.); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's MEGA · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Foot Locker, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.5M (Δ $17K lighter vs Ulta Beauty, Inc.); MEGA · LOW-MED vs this page's MEGA · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Acuity Inc. (de) · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.5M (Δ $18K lighter vs Ulta Beauty, Inc.); EXTREME · LOW-MED vs this page's MEGA · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
General Mills Inc · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.5M (Δ $23K lighter vs Ulta Beauty, Inc.); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's MEGA · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Miscellaneous Retail benchmark
Ulta Beauty, Inc. stamps MEGA · HEAVY · LOW-MED inside SIC 59 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MEGA
See where MEGA · HEAVY packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Ulta Beauty, Inc..
Highest-paid CEOs · MEGA
Ulta Beauty, Inc.'s MEGA 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 Ulta Beauty, Inc. (CIK 1403568), 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.