CEO Total Pay
$27.8M
FY2023 Summary Compensation, well above median
GM FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
General Motors Co CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $27.8M in FY2023 against median worker pay of $91,778 · Transportation Equipment.
- State
- MI
- Filing date
- 2024-04-24
- Industry
- Transportation Equipment
- Fiscal year
- FY2023
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
303:1
High (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$27.8M
Median worker
$91,778
Latest filing FY2023. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2023, 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
General Motors Co reported a 303:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2023 - above 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
- 303:1
- FY2023 disclosed
- CEO total
- $27.8M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $91,778
- 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, FY2023
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in General Motors Co's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · General Motors Co
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2021–2023. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 303:1
- FY2023
- vs prior FY
- -59:1
- from FY2022 362:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -4%
- $27.8M latest
- Filings shown
- 3
- FY2021–2023
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $29.2M | - | $69,433 | 420:1 | - |
| 2022 | $29.0M | -0.6% | $80,034 | 362:1 | -58:1 |
| 2023 | $27.8M | -4% | $91,778 | 303:1 | -59:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1467858, FY2021–2023. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Transportation Equipment
This Company's Ratio
303:1
Industry Median Ratio
166:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$8.4M
This CEO's Pay
$27.8M
Companies in Industry
41
vs. Industry Median
Above
General Motors Co: HIGH · PEAK pay ratio
General Motors Co disclosed 303:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $27.8M CEO total in FY2023. the CEO earned 303× the median employee ($91,778) in FY2023.
Median employee $91,778 (HIGH-MED); HIGH · PEAK stamps put about 303 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
303:1
Elevated vs. peers
What FY2023 shows for General Motors Co
General Motors Co disclosed 303:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $27.8M CEO total in FY2023. 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; General Motors Co's $27.8M CEO total is above the $8.4M industry median CEO pay.
General Motors Co stamps HIGH · PEAK · HIGH-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Transportation Equipment peers.
Key Data, FY2023
- Total Compensation
- $27.8M
- Median Employee Pay
- $91,778
- Pay Ratio
- 303:1
- Filing Date
- 2024-04-24
Company Info
- Ticker
- GM
- CIK
- 1467858
- Industry
- Transportation Equipment
- SIC Code
- 3711
- State
- MI
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1467858, FY2023. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. General Motors Co disclosed 303:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $27.8M CEO total in FY2023.
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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 HIGH · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Fiserv Inc · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $28.0M (Δ $151K heavier vs General Motors Co); MODEST · HIGH-MED vs this page's HIGH · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Zoom Communications, Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $28.1M (Δ $273K heavier vs General Motors Co); MID · ELITE-MED vs this page's HIGH · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Sphere Entertainment Co. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $27.4M (Δ $368K lighter vs General Motors Co); MEGA · LOW-MED vs this page's HIGH · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Sempra · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $27.4M (Δ $418K lighter vs General Motors Co); STEEP · ELITE-MED vs this page's HIGH · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Transportation Equipment benchmark
General Motors Co stamps HIGH · PEAK · HIGH-MED inside SIC 37 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · HIGH
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Comp structure · PEAK
General Motors Co's PEAK CEO total is equity-sensitive - read what grant-date fair value does and does not mean.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for General Motors Co (CIK 1467858), FY2023. 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.