CEO Total Pay
$25.1M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, well above median
KLAC FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Kla Corp CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $25.1M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $97,645 · Measuring Instruments.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2025-09-23
- Industry
- Measuring Instruments
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
257:1
High (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$25.1M
Median worker
$97,645
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
Kla Corp reported a 257:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Measuring Instruments median of 121:1 across 86 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Measuring Instruments companies.
- Pay ratio
- 257:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $25.1M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $97,645
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Measuring Instruments peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 80 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 38. 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 Kla Corp's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Kla Corp
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2021–2024. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 257:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- -4:1
- from FY2023 261:1
- CEO $ YoY
- +9.9%
- $25.1M latest
- Filings shown
- 4
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $20.5M | - | $105,278 | 195:1 | - |
| 2022 | $26.6M | +30% | $88,831 | 300:1 | +105:1 |
| 2023 | $22.8M | -14% | $87,477 | 261:1 | -39:1 |
| 2024 | $25.1M | +9.9% | $97,645 | 257:1 | -4:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 319201, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Measuring Instruments
This Company's Ratio
257:1
Industry Median Ratio
121:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$8.0M
This CEO's Pay
$25.1M
Companies in Industry
86
vs. Industry Median
Above
Kla Corp: STEEP · PEAK pay ratio
Kla Corp disclosed 257:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $25.1M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 257× the median employee ($97,645) in FY2024.
Median employee $97,645 (HIGH-MED); STEEP · PEAK stamps put about 257 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
257:1
Elevated vs. peers
What FY2024 shows for Kla Corp
Kla Corp disclosed 257:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $25.1M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Measuring Instruments (SIC 38) median ratio is 121:1 across 86 FY2025 filers; Kla Corp's $25.1M CEO total is above the $8.0M industry median CEO pay.
Kla Corp stamps STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Measuring Instruments peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $25.1M
- Median Employee Pay
- $97,645
- Pay Ratio
- 257:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-09-23
Company Info
- Ticker
- KLAC
- CIK
- 319201
- Industry
- Measuring Instruments
- SIC Code
- 3827
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 319201, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Kla Corp disclosed 257:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $25.1M CEO total in FY2024.
Read with Kla Corp
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 · HIGH-MED.
International Business Machines Corp · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $25.1M (Δ $49K heavier vs Kla Corp); EXTREME · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Caterpillar Inc · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $25.2M (Δ $137K heavier vs Kla Corp); HIGH · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Ford Motor Co · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $24.9M (Δ $233K lighter vs Kla Corp); STEEP · HIGH-MED vs this page's STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Yum Brands Inc · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $24.7M (Δ $384K lighter vs Kla Corp); MEGA · LOW-MED vs this page's STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED.
Measuring Instruments benchmark
Kla Corp stamps STEEP · PEAK · HIGH-MED inside SIC 38 - 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 Kla Corp.
Comp structure · PEAK
Kla Corp'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 Kla Corp (CIK 319201), 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.