CEO Total Pay
$20.3M
FY2022 Summary Compensation, well above median
DE FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Deere & Co CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $20.3M in FY2022 against median worker pay of $124,321 · Industrial Machinery & Equipment.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2023-01-11
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery & Equipment
- Fiscal year
- FY2022
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
163:1
High (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$20.3M
Median worker
$124,321
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
Deere & Co reported a 163:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2022 - above the Industrial Machinery & Equipment median of 139:1 across 60 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Industrial Machinery & Equipment companies.
- Pay ratio
- 163:1
- FY2022 disclosed
- CEO total
- $20.3M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $124,321
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Industrial Machinery & Equipment peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 54 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 35. 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 Deere & Co's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Deere & Co
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2021–2022. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 163:1
- FY2022
- vs prior FY
- -79:1
- from FY2021 242:1
- CEO $ YoY
- +1.8%
- $20.3M latest
- Filings shown
- 2
- FY2021–2022
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $19.9M | - | $82,240 | 242:1 | - |
| 2022 | $20.3M | +1.8% | $124,321 | 163:1 | -79:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 315189, FY2021–2022. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Industrial Machinery & Equipment
This Company's Ratio
163:1
Industry Median Ratio
139:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$9.4M
This CEO's Pay
$20.3M
Companies in Industry
60
vs. Industry Median
Above
Deere & Co: STEEP · PEAK pay ratio
Deere & Co disclosed 163:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $20.3M CEO total in FY2022. the CEO earned 163× the median employee ($124,321) in FY2022.
Median employee $124,321 (ELITE-MED); STEEP · PEAK stamps put about 163 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
163:1
Elevated vs. peers
What FY2022 shows for Deere & Co
Deere & Co disclosed 163:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $20.3M CEO total in FY2022. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Industrial Machinery & Equipment (SIC 35) median ratio is 139:1 across 60 FY2025 filers; Deere & Co's $20.3M CEO total is above the $9.4M industry median CEO pay.
Deere & Co stamps STEEP · PEAK · ELITE-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Industrial Machinery & Equipment peers.
Key Data, FY2022
- Total Compensation
- $20.3M
- Median Employee Pay
- $124,321
- Pay Ratio
- 163:1
- Filing Date
- 2023-01-11
Company Info
- Ticker
- DE
- CIK
- 315189
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery & Equipment
- SIC Code
- 3523
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 315189, FY2022. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Deere & Co disclosed 163:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $20.3M CEO total in FY2022.
Read with Deere & Co
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps STEEP · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
Mckesson Corp · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $20.2M (Δ $24K lighter vs Deere & Co); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
Zai Lab Ltd · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $20.2M (Δ $52K lighter vs Deere & Co); PARITY · HIGH-MED vs this page's STEEP · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
DXC Technology Co · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $20.3M (Δ $54K heavier vs Deere & Co); EXTREME · LOW-MED vs this page's STEEP · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
Danaher Corp /de/ · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $20.2M (Δ $56K lighter vs Deere & Co); HIGH · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
Industrial Machinery & Equipment benchmark
Deere & Co stamps STEEP · PEAK · ELITE-MED inside SIC 35 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · STEEP
See where STEEP · PEAK packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Deere & Co.
Comp structure · PEAK
Deere & Co's PEAK CEO total is equity-sensitive - read what grant-date fair value does and does not mean.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Deere & Co (CIK 315189), 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.