CEO Total Pay
$71.9M
FY2021 Summary Compensation, well above median
FY2021 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Danimer Scientific, Inc. CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $71.9M in FY2021 against median worker pay of $58,350 · Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2022-06-30
- Industry
- Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
- Fiscal year
- FY2021
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
1,232:1
Extreme (bar capped at 1000:1; actual ratio shown above)
CEO pay
$71.9M
Median worker
$58,350
Latest filing FY2021. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2021, 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
Danimer Scientific, Inc. reported a 1,232:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2021 - above the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals median of 42:1 across 168 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals companies.
- Pay ratio
- 1,232:1
- FY2021 disclosed
- CEO total
- $71.9M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $58,350
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 153 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 28. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2021
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Danimer Scientific, Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Industry Comparison - Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
This Company's Ratio
1,232:1
Industry Median Ratio
42:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$7.9M
This CEO's Pay
$71.9M
Companies in Industry
168
vs. Industry Median
Above
Danimer Scientific, Inc.: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio
Danimer Scientific, Inc. stamps MEGA · OUTLIER at 1,232:1 with $71.9M CEO total in FY2021. the CEO earned 1232× the median employee ($58,350) in FY2021.
At $58,350 median worker pay (PAR-MED), the MEGA stamp means roughly 1232 years of median wages to match one CEO year.
Pay Ratio
1,232:1
Outlier, top decile
What FY2021 shows for Danimer Scientific, Inc.
Danimer Scientific, Inc. stamps MEGA · OUTLIER at 1,232:1 with $71.9M CEO total in FY2021. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (SIC 28) median ratio is 42:1 across 168 FY2025 filers; Danimer Scientific, Inc.'s $71.9M CEO total is above the $7.9M industry median CEO pay.
Danimer Scientific, Inc. stamps MEGA · OUTLIER · PAR-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals peers.
Key Data, FY2021
- Total Compensation
- $71.9M
- Median Employee Pay
- $58,350
- Pay Ratio
- 1,232:1
- Filing Date
- 2022-06-30
Company Info
- CIK
- 1779020
- Industry
- Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
- SIC Code
- 2821
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1779020, FY2021. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Danimer Scientific, Inc. stamps MEGA · OUTLIER at 1,232:1 with $71.9M CEO total in FY2021.
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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 MEGA · OUTLIER · PAR-MED.
QuantumScape Corp · OUTLIER
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $69.1M (Δ $2.8M lighter vs Danimer Scientific, Inc.); HIGH · ELITE-MED vs this page's MEGA · OUTLIER · PAR-MED.
PENN Entertainment, Inc. · OUTLIER
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $65.9M (Δ $6.0M lighter vs Danimer Scientific, Inc.); EXTREME · ELITE-MED vs this page's MEGA · OUTLIER · PAR-MED.
Universal Corp /va/ · OUTLIER
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $64.3M (Δ $7.5M lighter vs Danimer Scientific, Inc.); MEGA · PAR-MED vs this page's MEGA · OUTLIER · PAR-MED.
Liberty Global Ltd. · OUTLIER
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $62.0M (Δ $9.9M lighter vs Danimer Scientific, Inc.); HIGH · ELITE-MED vs this page's MEGA · OUTLIER · PAR-MED.
Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals benchmark
Danimer Scientific, Inc. stamps MEGA · OUTLIER · PAR-MED inside SIC 28 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MEGA
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Highest-paid CEOs · MEGA
Danimer Scientific, Inc.'s MEGA 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 Danimer Scientific, Inc. (CIK 1779020), FY2021. 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.