CEO Total Pay
$174K
FY2024 Summary Compensation, below median
VTLE FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Vital Energy, Inc. CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $174K in FY2024 against median worker pay of $173,539 · Oil & Gas Extraction.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2025-04-10
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Extraction
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
47:1
Below Average (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$174K
Median worker
$173,539
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
Vital Energy, Inc. reported a 47:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - at or below the Oil & Gas Extraction median of 54:1 across 37 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Oil & Gas Extraction companies.
- Pay ratio
- 47:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $174K
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $173,539
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Oil & Gas Extraction peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 33 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 13. 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 Vital Energy, Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Vital Energy, 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
- 47:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- -3:1
- from FY2023 50:1
- CEO $ YoY
- +4.4%
- $174K latest
- Filings shown
- 4
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $138K | - | $138,492 | 43:1 | - |
| 2022 | $145K | +4.9% | $145,245 | 42:1 | -1:1 |
| 2023 | $166K | +14% | $166,241 | 50:1 | +8:1 |
| 2024 | $174K | +4.4% | $173,539 | 47:1 | -3:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1528129, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Oil & Gas Extraction
This Company's Ratio
47:1
Industry Median Ratio
54:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$5.6M
This CEO's Pay
$174K
Companies in Industry
37
vs. Industry Median
Below
Vital Energy, Inc.: MODEST · MICRO pay ratio
Vital Energy, Inc. disclosed 47:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $174K CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 47× the median employee ($173,539) in FY2024.
Median employee $173,539 (ELITE-MED); MODEST · MICRO stamps put about 47 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
47:1
Below typical
What FY2024 shows for Vital Energy, Inc.
Vital Energy, Inc. disclosed 47:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $174K CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Oil & Gas Extraction (SIC 13) median ratio is 54:1 across 37 FY2025 filers; Vital Energy, Inc.'s $174K CEO total is at or below the $5.6M industry median CEO pay.
Vital Energy, Inc. stamps MODEST · MICRO · ELITE-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Oil & Gas Extraction peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $174K
- Median Employee Pay
- $173,539
- Pay Ratio
- 47:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-10
Company Info
- Ticker
- VTLE
- CIK
- 1528129
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Extraction
- SIC Code
- 1311
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1528129, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Vital Energy, Inc. disclosed 47:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $174K CEO total 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 MODEST · MICRO · ELITE-MED.
Marathon Petroleum Corp · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $174K (Δ $234 heavier vs Vital Energy, Inc.); MID · ELITE-MED vs this page's MODEST · MICRO · ELITE-MED.
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $173K (Δ $343 lighter vs Vital Energy, Inc.); FLOOR · HIGH-MED vs this page's MODEST · MICRO · ELITE-MED.
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $174K (Δ $565 heavier vs Vital Energy, Inc.); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's MODEST · MICRO · ELITE-MED.
BlackRock, Inc. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $172K (Δ $1K lighter vs Vital Energy, Inc.); STEEP · ELITE-MED vs this page's MODEST · MICRO · ELITE-MED.
Oil & Gas Extraction benchmark
Vital Energy, Inc. stamps MODEST · MICRO · ELITE-MED inside SIC 13 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MODEST
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Ratio primer · MODEST
Vital Energy, 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 Vital Energy, Inc. (CIK 1528129), 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.