CEO Total Pay
$5.2M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, below median
GCO FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Genesco Inc CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $5.2M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $6,668 · Apparel & Accessory Stores.
- State
- TN
- Filing date
- 2025-05-16
- Industry
- Apparel & Accessory Stores
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
778:1
Extreme (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$5.2M
Median worker
$6,668
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
Genesco Inc reported a 778:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Apparel & Accessory Stores median of 185:1 across 13 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Apparel & Accessory Stores companies.
- Pay ratio
- 778:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $5.2M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $6,668
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Apparel & Accessory Stores peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 11 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 56. 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 Genesco Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Genesco 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
- 778:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- +152:1
- from FY2023 626:1
- CEO $ YoY
- +22%
- $5.2M latest
- Filings shown
- 3
- FY2022–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $3.7M | - | $6,181 | 600:1 | - |
| 2023 | $4.2M | +15% | $6,785 | 626:1 | +26:1 |
| 2024 | $5.2M | +22% | $6,668 | 778:1 | +152:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 18498, FY2022–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Apparel & Accessory Stores
This Company's Ratio
778:1
Industry Median Ratio
185:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$5.9M
This CEO's Pay
$5.2M
Companies in Industry
13
vs. Industry Median
Above
Genesco Inc: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio
Genesco Inc stamps EXTREME · MID$ at 778:1 with $5.2M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 778× the median employee ($6,668) in FY2024.
At $6,668 median worker pay (LOW-MED), the EXTREME stamp means roughly 778 years of median wages to match one CEO year.
Pay Ratio
778:1
Outlier, top decile
What FY2024 shows for Genesco Inc
Genesco Inc stamps EXTREME · MID$ at 778:1 with $5.2M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Apparel & Accessory Stores (SIC 56) median ratio is 185:1 across 13 FY2025 filers; Genesco Inc's $5.2M CEO total is at or below the $5.9M industry median CEO pay.
Genesco Inc stamps EXTREME · MID$ · LOW-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Apparel & Accessory Stores peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $5.2M
- Median Employee Pay
- $6,668
- Pay Ratio
- 778:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-16
Company Info
- Ticker
- GCO
- CIK
- 18498
- Industry
- Apparel & Accessory Stores
- SIC Code
- 5661
- State
- TN
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 18498, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Genesco Inc stamps EXTREME · MID$ at 778:1 with $5.2M CEO total in FY2024.
Read with Genesco Inc
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps EXTREME · MID$ · LOW-MED.
ONE Gas, Inc. · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.2M (Δ $3K heavier vs Genesco Inc); MODEST · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Movado Group Inc · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.2M (Δ $8K heavier vs Genesco Inc); STEEP · LOW-MED vs this page's EXTREME · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Nlight, Inc. · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.2M (Δ $16K lighter vs Genesco Inc); MODEST · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.2M (Δ $17K heavier vs Genesco Inc); FLOOR · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Apparel & Accessory Stores benchmark
Genesco Inc stamps EXTREME · MID$ · LOW-MED inside SIC 56 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · EXTREME
See where EXTREME · MID$ packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Genesco Inc.
Highest-paid CEOs · EXTREME
Genesco Inc'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 Genesco Inc (CIK 18498), 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.