ADNT FY2025 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A #3 of 41 in industry

Adient plc CEO pay ratio

The CEO earned $13.1M in FY2025 against median worker pay of $18,897 · Transportation Equipment.

Transportation Equipment peers All rankings
State
L2
Filing date
2026-01-21
Industry
Transportation Equipment
Industry rank
#3/41

Data updated August 2026

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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
694:1
Extreme (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$13.1M
Median worker
$18,897

Answer first

Adient plc's FY2025 CEO total of $13.1M ranks #373 of 1,423 complete filings; its 694:1 pay ratio ranks #67. 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 $18,897. Industry placement uses the FY2025 SIC-37 peer cohort (# 3 of 41, 95th percentile - top 5% of industry peers by pay ratio). Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Transportation Equipment companies.

Dollar rank
#373
$13.1M of 1,423 FY2025
Ratio rank
#67
694:1 of 1,423
Industry pct
95th
top 5% of industry peers by pay ratio

How Adient plc ranks nationally

Adient plc CEO pay vs. every FY2025 complete filing

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

$13,114,394 Top 26% higher than 74% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $15,000,000–$17,500,000: 88 companies (6%). Above this entry. $17,500,000–$20,000,000: 54 companies (4%). Above this entry. $20,000,000–$22,500,000: 24 companies (2%). Above this entry. $22,500,000–$25,000,000: 34 companies (2%). Above this entry. $25,000,000–$27,500,000: 24 companies (2%). Above this entry. $27,500,000–$30,000,000: 16 companies (1%). Above this entry. $30,000,000–$32,500,000: 10 companies (1%). Above this entry. $32,500,000–$35,000,000: 7 companies (0%). Above this entry. $35,000,000–$37,500,000: 9 companies (1%). Above this entry. $37,500,000–$40,000,000: 6 companies (0%). Above this entry. $40,000,000–$42,500,000: 1 companies (0%). Above this entry. $42,500,000–$45,000,000: 1 companies (0%). Above this entry. $45,000,000–$47,500,000: 6 companies (0%). Above this entry. $47,500,000–$50,000,000: 27 companies (2%). Above this entry. This company $0 $50M+ every complete-filing company, bucketed by value

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Source SEC DEF 14A Section 953(b) disclosures, PlainCEOPay extract · FY2025

Adient plc vs. Transportation Equipment peers

CEO total pay ($13.1M) against pay ratio (694:1) for Adient plc (marked) and its 4 closest same-industry peers, against the Transportation Equipment industry median on both axes.

Pay + gap both highContained pay, wide gapHigh pay, contained gapBelow peer norms on both7540332.212422532.61730473322186933.427069133.8139.6:1284.8:1430:1575.2:1720.4:1CEO total payPay ratio (CEO : median worker)Adient plc, CEO total pay: 13114394 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 694:1Adient plcVisteon Corp, CEO total pay: 16779811 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 590:1Visteon CorpWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp, CEO total pay: 26181461 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 509:1Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies CorpTransDigm Group INC, CEO total pay: 25188430 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 369:1TransDigm Group INCBorgwarner Inc, CEO total pay: 15618660 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 326:1Borgwarner Inc
Adient plc vs. Transportation Equipment peers, plotted against the industry's $8.4M median CEO total and 166:1 median pay ratio.

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, FY2025

A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Adient plc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →

Filing-year trail · Adient plc

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
694:1
FY2025
vs prior FY
+209:1
from FY2024 485:1
CEO $ YoY
+36%
$13.1M latest
Filings shown
4
FY2021–2025
Adient plc 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 $14.2M - $18,799 758:1 -
2023 $14.7M +3.1% $18,975 773:1 +15:1
2024 $9.7M -34% $19,922 485:1 -288:1
2025 $13.1M +36% $18,897 694:1 +209:1

Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1670541, FY2021–2025. Adjacent-year deltas only.

Industry Comparison - Transportation Equipment

This Company's Ratio
694:1
Industry Median Ratio
166:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$8.4M
This CEO's Pay
$13.1M
Companies in Industry
41
vs. Industry Median
Above
#3 of 41 by pay ratio in this industry View all companies in Transportation Equipment →

Adient plc: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio

Adient plc's FY2025 ratio 694:1 ranks #3 of 41 Transportation Equipment filers (95th percentile). the CEO earned 694× the median employee ($18,897) in FY2025.

At $18,897 median worker pay (LOW-MED), the EXTREME stamp means roughly 694 years of median wages to match one CEO year.

CEO Total Pay

$13.1M

FY2025 Summary Compensation, above median

Pay Ratio

694:1

Outlier, top decile

Adient plc in the higher Transportation Equipment third

Adient plc's FY2025 ratio 694:1 ranks #3 of 41 Transportation Equipment filers (95th percentile). 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; Adient plc's $13.1M CEO total is above the $8.4M industry median CEO pay.

Dollar rank #373 and ratio rank #67 split - treat 694:1 as a disclosure, not a fairness score. Open Transportation Equipment peers.

Key Data, FY2025

Total Compensation
$13.1M
Median Employee Pay
$18,897
Pay Ratio
694:1
Filing Date
2026-01-21

Company Info

Ticker
ADNT
CIK
1670541
Industry
Transportation Equipment
SIC Code
3714
State
L2
View SEC filings →
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1670541, FY2025. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Adient plc's FY2025 ratio 694:1 ranks #3 of 41 Transportation Equipment filers (95th percentile).

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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 EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.

Ingevity Corp · HEAVY

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $13.1M (Δ $20K heavier vs Adient plc); MID · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Mercadolibre Inc · HEAVY

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $13.1M (Δ $24K heavier vs Adient plc); MEGA · LOW-MED vs this page's EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Reinsurance Group Of America Inc · HEAVY

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $13.1M (Δ $51K lighter vs Adient plc); MID · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Brunswick Corp · HEAVY

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $13.0M (Δ $71K lighter vs Adient plc); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Visteon Corp (SIC 37 pole)

Visteon Corp stamps EXTREME · PEAK nearest in-SIC by ABS(pay_ratio) to Adient plc's EXTREME filing.
National dual ranks · #373/#67

Adient plc's FY2025 package sits #373 by CEO dollars and #67 by ratio under HEAVY · EXTREME.
Highest-paid CEOs · EXTREME

Adient plc's EXTREME 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 Adient plc (CIK 1670541), 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.