CEO Total Pay
$9.5M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, above median
FOUR FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Shift4 Payments, Inc. CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $9.5M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $59,200 · Business Services.
- State
- PA
- Filing date
- 2025-04-30
- Industry
- Business Services
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
160:1
High (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$9.5M
Median worker
$59,200
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
Shift4 Payments, Inc. reported a 160:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - 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
- 160:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $9.5M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $59,200
- 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, FY2024
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Shift4 Payments, Inc.
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2022–2024. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 160:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- +13:1
- from FY2023 147:1
- CEO $ YoY
- +6%
- $9.5M latest
- Filings shown
- 3
- FY2022–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $7.0M | - | $90,363 | 78:1 | - |
| 2023 | $8.9M | +27% | $60,740 | 147:1 | +69:1 |
| 2024 | $9.5M | +6% | $59,200 | 160:1 | +13:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1794669, FY2022–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Business Services
This Company's Ratio
160:1
Industry Median Ratio
95:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$7.9M
This CEO's Pay
$9.5M
Companies in Industry
189
vs. Industry Median
Above
Shift4 Payments, Inc.: STEEP · HEAVY pay ratio
Shift4 Payments, Inc. disclosed 160:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $9.5M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 160× the median employee ($59,200) in FY2024.
Median employee $59,200 (PAR-MED); STEEP · HEAVY stamps put about 160 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
160:1
Elevated vs. peers
What FY2024 shows for Shift4 Payments, Inc.
Shift4 Payments, Inc. disclosed 160:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $9.5M CEO total in FY2024. 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; Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s $9.5M CEO total is above the $7.9M industry median CEO pay.
Shift4 Payments, Inc. stamps STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Business Services peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $9.5M
- Median Employee Pay
- $59,200
- Pay Ratio
- 160:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-30
Company Info
- Ticker
- FOUR
- CIK
- 1794669
- Industry
- Business Services
- SIC Code
- 7389
- State
- PA
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1794669, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Shift4 Payments, Inc. disclosed 160:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $9.5M 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 STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
ODP Corp · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $9.5M (Δ $2K heavier vs Shift4 Payments, Inc.); HIGH · LOW-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Factset Research Systems Inc · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $9.5M (Δ $12K lighter vs Shift4 Payments, Inc.); EXTREME · LOW-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Sunrun Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $9.5M (Δ $18K lighter vs Shift4 Payments, Inc.); MID · HIGH-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Upbound Group, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $9.5M (Δ $36K heavier vs Shift4 Payments, Inc.); STEEP · LOW-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Business Services benchmark
Shift4 Payments, Inc. stamps STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED inside SIC 73 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · STEEP
See where STEEP · HEAVY packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Shift4 Payments, Inc..
Comp structure · HEAVY
Shift4 Payments, Inc.'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 Shift4 Payments, Inc. (CIK 1794669), 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.