CEO Total Pay
$8.6M
FY2023 Summary Compensation, near median
SWI FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
SolarWinds Corp CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $8.6M in FY2023 against median worker pay of $71,728 · Business Services.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2024-04-11
- Industry
- Business Services
- Fiscal year
- FY2023
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
119:1
Moderate (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$8.6M
Median worker
$71,728
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
SolarWinds Corp reported a 119:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2023 - above the Business Services median of 95:1 across 189 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Business Services companies.
- Pay ratio
- 119:1
- FY2023 disclosed
- CEO total
- $8.6M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $71,728
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Business Services peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 173 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 73. 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 SolarWinds Corp's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · SolarWinds Corp
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
- 119:1
- FY2023
- vs prior FY
- -22:1
- from FY2022 141:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -13%
- $8.6M latest
- Filings shown
- 3
- FY2021–2023
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $23.6M | - | $60,000 | 148:1 | - |
| 2022 | $9.8M | -58% | $69,908 | 141:1 | -7:1 |
| 2023 | $8.6M | -13% | $71,728 | 119:1 | -22:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1739942, FY2021–2023. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Business Services
This Company's Ratio
119:1
Industry Median Ratio
95:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$7.9M
This CEO's Pay
$8.6M
Companies in Industry
189
vs. Industry Median
Above
SolarWinds Corp: MID · HEAVY pay ratio
SolarWinds Corp disclosed 119:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $8.6M CEO total in FY2023. the CEO earned 119× the median employee ($71,728) in FY2023.
Median employee $71,728 (HIGH-MED); MID · HEAVY stamps put about 119 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
119:1
Near industry median
What FY2023 shows for SolarWinds Corp
SolarWinds Corp disclosed 119:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $8.6M CEO total in FY2023. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Business Services (SIC 73) median ratio is 95:1 across 189 FY2025 filers; SolarWinds Corp's $8.6M CEO total is above the $7.9M industry median CEO pay.
SolarWinds Corp stamps MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Business Services peers.
Key Data, FY2023
- Total Compensation
- $8.6M
- Median Employee Pay
- $71,728
- Pay Ratio
- 119:1
- Filing Date
- 2024-04-11
Company Info
- Ticker
- SWI
- CIK
- 1739942
- Industry
- Business Services
- SIC Code
- 7372
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1739942, FY2023. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. SolarWinds Corp disclosed 119:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $8.6M 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 MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED.
Hanesbrands Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $8.6M (Δ $1K lighter vs SolarWinds Corp); MEGA · LOW-MED vs this page's MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED.
KEMPER Corp · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $8.6M (Δ $6K lighter vs SolarWinds Corp); MID · PAR-MED vs this page's MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED.
Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $8.6M (Δ $12K heavier vs SolarWinds Corp); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED.
Embecta Corp. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $8.6M (Δ $17K heavier vs SolarWinds Corp); MID · HIGH-MED vs this page's MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED.
Business Services benchmark
SolarWinds Corp stamps MID · HEAVY · HIGH-MED inside SIC 73 - 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 SolarWinds Corp.
Comp structure · HEAVY
SolarWinds Corp'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 SolarWinds Corp (CIK 1739942), 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.