CEO Total Pay
$12.6M
FY2022 Summary Compensation, well above median
FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
WestRock Co CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $12.6M in FY2022 against median worker pay of $84,559 · Paper & Allied Products.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2023-12-13
- Industry
- Paper & Allied Products
- Fiscal year
- FY2022
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
149:1
Moderate (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$12.6M
Median worker
$84,559
Latest filing FY2022. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2022, 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
WestRock Co reported a 149:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2022 - above the Paper & Allied Products median of 111:1 across 12 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Paper & Allied Products companies.
- Pay ratio
- 149:1
- FY2022 disclosed
- CEO total
- $12.6M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $84,559
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Paper & Allied Products peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 10 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 26. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2022
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in WestRock Co's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Industry Comparison - Paper & Allied Products
This Company's Ratio
149:1
Industry Median Ratio
111:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$5.9M
This CEO's Pay
$12.6M
Companies in Industry
12
vs. Industry Median
Above
WestRock Co: MID · HEAVY pay ratio
WestRock Co disclosed 149:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $12.6M CEO total in FY2022. the CEO earned 149× the median employee ($84,559) in FY2022.
Median employee $84,559 (HIGH-MED); MID · HEAVY stamps put about 149 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
149:1
Near industry median
What FY2022 shows for WestRock Co
WestRock Co disclosed 149:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $12.6M CEO total in FY2022. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Paper & Allied Products (SIC 26) median ratio is 111:1 across 12 FY2025 filers; WestRock Co's $12.6M CEO total is above the $5.9M industry median CEO pay.
WestRock Co stamps MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Paper & Allied Products peers.
Key Data, FY2022
- Total Compensation
- $12.6M
- Median Employee Pay
- $84,559
- Pay Ratio
- 149:1
- Filing Date
- 2023-12-13
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1732845, FY2022. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. WestRock Co disclosed 149:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $12.6M CEO total in FY2022.
Read with WestRock Co
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED.
Kbr, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.6M (Δ $18K heavier vs WestRock Co); STEEP · HIGH-MED vs this page's MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED.
Resideo Technologies, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.6M (Δ $24K lighter vs WestRock Co); HIGH · PAR-MED vs this page's MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED.
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.6M (Δ $25K lighter vs WestRock Co); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED.
Eog Resources Inc · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.7M (Δ $64K heavier vs WestRock Co); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED.
Paper & Allied Products benchmark
WestRock Co stamps MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED inside SIC 26 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MID
See where MID · HEAVY packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading WestRock Co.
Comp structure · HEAVY
WestRock Co's HEAVY CEO total is equity-sensitive - read what grant-date fair value does and does not mean.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for WestRock Co (CIK 1732845), FY2022. 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.