WBD FY2025 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A #1 of 30 in industry

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. CEO pay ratio

The CEO earned $165.0M in FY2025 against median worker pay of $119,748 · Communications.

Communications peers All rankings
State
DE
Filing date
2026-04-30
Industry
Communications
Industry rank
#1/30

Data updated August 2026

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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
1,378:1
Extreme (bar capped at 1000:1; actual ratio shown above)
CEO pay
$165.0M
Median worker
$119,748

Answer first

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s FY2025 CEO total of $165.0M ranks #6 of 1,423 complete filings; its 1,378:1 pay ratio ranks #24. 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 $119,748. Industry placement uses the FY2025 SIC-48 peer cohort (# 1 of 30, 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 Communications companies.

Dollar rank
#6
$165.0M of 1,423 FY2025
Ratio rank
#24
1,378:1 of 1,423
Industry pct
100th
top 1% of industry peers by pay ratio

How Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. ranks nationally

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. CEO pay vs. every FY2025 complete filing

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

$165,009,366 Top 1% higher than 99% 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%). Below this entry. $30,000,000–$32,500,000: 10 companies (1%). Below this entry. $32,500,000–$35,000,000: 7 companies (0%). Below this entry. $35,000,000–$37,500,000: 9 companies (1%). Below this entry. $37,500,000–$40,000,000: 6 companies (0%). Below this entry. $40,000,000–$42,500,000: 1 companies (0%). Below this entry. $42,500,000–$45,000,000: 1 companies (0%). Below this entry. $45,000,000–$47,500,000: 6 companies (0%). Below this entry. $47,500,000–$50,000,000: 27 companies (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. vs. Communications peers

CEO total pay ($165.0M) against pay ratio (1,378:1) for Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (marked) and its 3 closest same-industry peers, against the Communications industry median on both axes.

Pay + gap both highContained pay, wide gapHigh pay, contained gapBelow peer norms on both3110615.745512669.487914723.0130316776.7172718830.322.5:1377.5:1732.5:11087.5:11442.5:1CEO total payPay ratio (CEO : median worker)Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., CEO total pay: 165009366 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 1378:1Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.T-Mobile US, Inc., CEO total pay: 37994359 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 499:1T-Mobile US, Inc.Liberty Global Ltd., CEO total pay: 37754225 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 383:1Liberty Global Ltd.Liberty Latin America Ltd., CEO total pay: 16884714 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 322:1Liberty Latin America Ltd.
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. vs. Communications peers, plotted against the industry's $10.8M median CEO total and 87:1 median pay ratio.

Ratio bands among Communications peers

Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 25 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 48. 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 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →

Filing-year trail · Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2021–2025. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).

Latest ratio
1,378:1
FY2025
vs prior FY
+980:1
from FY2024 398:1
CEO $ YoY
+218%
$165.0M latest
Filings shown
5
FY2021–2025
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. 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
2021 $246.6M - $82,964 2,972:1 -
2022 $39.3M -84% $172,735 227:1 -2745:1
2023 $49.7M +27% $171,163 290:1 +63:1
2024 $51.9M +4.5% $130,316 398:1 +108:1
2025 $165.0M +218% $119,748 1,378:1 +980:1

Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1437107, FY2021–2025. Adjacent-year deltas only.

Industry Comparison - Communications

This Company's Ratio
1,378:1
Industry Median Ratio
87:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$10.8M
This CEO's Pay
$165.0M
Companies in Industry
30
vs. Industry Median
Above
#1 of 30 by pay ratio in this industry View all companies in Communications →

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s FY2025 ratio 1,378:1 ranks #1 of 30 Communications filers (100th percentile). the CEO earned 1378× the median employee ($119,748) in FY2025.

At $119,748 median worker pay (HIGH-MED), the MEGA stamp means roughly 1378 years of median wages to match one CEO year.

CEO Total Pay

$165.0M

FY2025 Summary Compensation, well above median

Pay Ratio

1,378:1

Outlier, top decile

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. in the higher Communications third

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s FY2025 ratio 1,378:1 ranks #1 of 30 Communications filers (100th percentile). The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Communications (SIC 48) median ratio is 87:1 across 30 FY2025 filers; Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s $165.0M CEO total is above the $10.8M industry median CEO pay.

Dollar rank #6 and ratio rank #24 split - treat 1,378:1 as a disclosure, not a fairness score. Open Communications peers.

Key Data, FY2025

Total Compensation
$165.0M
Median Employee Pay
$119,748
Pay Ratio
1,378:1
Filing Date
2026-04-30

Company Info

Ticker
WBD
CIK
1437107
Industry
Communications
SIC Code
4841
State
DE
View SEC filings →
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1437107, FY2025. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s FY2025 ratio 1,378:1 ranks #1 of 30 Communications filers (100th percentile).

Read with Warner Bros. Discovery, 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 · OUTLIER · HIGH-MED.

Broadcom Inc. · OUTLIER

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $205.3M (Δ $40.3M heavier vs Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.); MID · ELITE-MED vs this page's MEGA · OUTLIER · HIGH-MED.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc · OUTLIER

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $118.9M (Δ $46.1M lighter vs Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.); EXTREME · ELITE-MED vs this page's MEGA · OUTLIER · HIGH-MED.
Citigroup Inc · OUTLIER

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $95.8M (Δ $69.2M lighter vs Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.); FLOOR · HIGH-MED vs this page's MEGA · OUTLIER · HIGH-MED.
Wells Fargo & Company/mn · OUTLIER

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $94.5M (Δ $70.5M lighter vs Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.); MEGA · HIGH-MED vs this page's MEGA · OUTLIER · HIGH-MED.
T-Mobile US, Inc. (SIC 48 pole)

T-Mobile US, Inc. stamps HIGH · PEAK nearest in-SIC by ABS(pay_ratio) to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s MEGA filing.
National dual ranks · #6/#24

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s FY2025 package sits #6 by CEO dollars and #24 by ratio under OUTLIER · MEGA.
Highest-paid CEOs · MEGA

Warner Bros. Discovery, 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 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (CIK 1437107), 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.