AAPL FY2025 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A #2 of 60 in industry

Apple Inc. CEO pay ratio

The CEO earned $74.3M in FY2025 against median worker pay of $139,483 · Industrial Machinery & Equipment.

Industrial Machinery & Equipment peers All rankings
State
CA
Filing date
2026-01-08
Industry
Industrial Machinery & Equipment
Industry rank
#2/60

Data updated August 2026

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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
533:1
Extreme (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$74.3M
Median worker
$139,483

Answer first

Apple Inc.'s FY2025 CEO total of $74.3M ranks #14 of 1,423 complete filings; its 533:1 pay ratio ranks #96. Dollar rank is not ratio rank.

According to the same FY2025 complete-filing cohort used on the rankings boards (CEO total, median worker, and ratio all present). Median worker pay is $139,483. Industry placement uses the FY2025 SIC-35 peer cohort (# 2 of 60, 98th percentile - top 5% of industry peers by pay ratio). Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Industrial Machinery & Equipment companies.

Dollar rank
#14
$74.3M of 1,423 FY2025
Ratio rank
#96
533:1 of 1,423
Industry pct
98th
top 5% of industry peers by pay ratio

How Apple Inc. ranks nationally

Apple Inc. CEO pay vs. every FY2025 complete filing

Total CEO compensation, the full national distribution, this company marked

$74,294,811 Top 1% higher than 99% of 1,423 companies

$0–$2,500,000: 304 companies (21%). Below this entry. $2,500,000–$5,000,000: 182 companies (13%). Below this entry. $5,000,000–$7,500,000: 208 companies (15%). Below this entry. $7,500,000–$10,000,000: 192 companies (13%). Below this entry. $10,000,000–$12,500,000: 139 companies (10%). Below this entry. $12,500,000–$15,000,000: 91 companies (6%). Below this entry. $15,000,000–$17,500,000: 88 companies (6%). Below this entry. $17,500,000–$20,000,000: 54 companies (4%). Below this entry. $20,000,000–$22,500,000: 24 companies (2%). Below this entry. $22,500,000–$25,000,000: 34 companies (2%). Below this entry. $25,000,000–$27,500,000: 24 companies (2%). Below this entry. $27,500,000–$30,000,000: 16 companies (1%). Below this entry. $30,000,000–$32,500,000: 10 companies (1%). Below this entry. $32,500,000–$35,000,000: 7 companies (0%). Below this entry. $35,000,000–$37,500,000: 9 companies (1%). Below this entry. $37,500,000–$40,000,000: 6 companies (0%). Below this entry. $40,000,000–$42,500,000: 1 companies (0%). Below this entry. $42,500,000–$45,000,000: 1 companies (0%). Below this entry. $45,000,000–$47,500,000: 6 companies (0%). Below this entry. $47,500,000–$50,000,000: 27 companies (2%). This entry sits in this band. This company $0 $50M+ every complete-filing company, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $2500K-wide band; taller bars hold more companies. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source SEC DEF 14A Section 953(b) disclosures, PlainCEOPay extract · FY2025

Apple Inc. vs. Industrial Machinery & Equipment peers

CEO total pay ($74.3M) against pay ratio (533:1) for Apple Inc. (marked) and its 4 closest same-industry peers, against the Industrial Machinery & Equipment industry median on both axes.

Pay + gap both highContained pay, wide gapHigh pay, contained gapBelow peer norms on both6171084.524013012.941854941.259696869.677538798.0119.3:1227.7:1336:1444.4:1552.7:1CEO total payPay ratio (CEO : median worker)Apple Inc., CEO total pay: 74294811 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 533:1Apple Inc.Johnson Controls International plc, CEO total pay: 22576710 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 338:1Johnson Controls International plcDOVER Corp, CEO total pay: 18737376 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 336:1DOVER CorpHewlett Packard Enterprise Co, CEO total pay: 23482721 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 316:1Hewlett Packard Enterprise CoBaker Hughes Co, CEO total pay: 21303200 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 310:1Baker Hughes Co
Apple Inc. vs. Industrial Machinery & Equipment peers, plotted against the industry's $9.4M median CEO total and 139:1 median pay ratio.

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, FY2025

A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Apple Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →

Filing-year trail · Apple Inc.

Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2021–2025. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).

Latest ratio
533:1
FY2025
vs prior FY
-117:1
from FY2024 650:1
CEO $ YoY
-0.4%
$74.3M latest
Filings shown
5
FY2021–2025
Apple Inc. CEO total compensation, median worker pay, and pay ratio by fiscal year from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A.
FY CEO pay Δ pay Median worker Pay ratio Δ ratio
2021 $98.7M - $68,254 1,447:1 -
2022 $99.4M +0.7% $84,493 1,177:1 -270:1
2023 $63.2M -36% $94,118 672:1 -505:1
2024 $74.6M +18% $114,738 650:1 -22:1
2025 $74.3M -0.4% $139,483 533:1 -117:1

Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 320193, FY2021–2025. Adjacent-year deltas only.

Industry Comparison - Industrial Machinery & Equipment

This Company's Ratio
533:1
Industry Median Ratio
139:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$9.4M
This CEO's Pay
$74.3M
Companies in Industry
60
vs. Industry Median
Above
#2 of 60 by pay ratio in this industry View all companies in Industrial Machinery & Equipment →

Apple Inc.: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio

Apple Inc.'s FY2025 ratio 533:1 ranks #2 of 60 Industrial Machinery & Equipment filers (98th percentile). the CEO earned 533× the median employee ($139,483) in FY2025.

At $139,483 median worker pay (ELITE-MED), the EXTREME stamp means roughly 533 years of median wages to match one CEO year.

CEO Total Pay

$74.3M

FY2025 Summary Compensation, well above median

Pay Ratio

533:1

Outlier, top decile

Apple Inc. in the higher Industrial Machinery & Equipment third

Apple Inc.'s FY2025 ratio 533:1 ranks #2 of 60 Industrial Machinery & Equipment filers (98th percentile). 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; Apple Inc.'s $74.3M CEO total is above the $9.4M industry median CEO pay.

Dollar rank #14 and ratio rank #96 split - treat 533:1 as a disclosure, not a fairness score. Open Industrial Machinery & Equipment peers.

Key Data, FY2025

Total Compensation
$74.3M
Median Employee Pay
$139,483
Pay Ratio
533:1
Filing Date
2026-01-08

Company Info

Ticker
AAPL
CIK
320193
Industry
Industrial Machinery & Equipment
SIC Code
3571
State
CA
View SEC filings →
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 320193, FY2025. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Apple Inc.'s FY2025 ratio 533:1 ranks #2 of 60 Industrial Machinery & Equipment filers (98th percentile).

Read with Apple 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 · OUTLIER · ELITE-MED.

Aon plc · OUTLIER

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $73.8M (Δ $511K lighter vs Apple Inc.); EXTREME · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · OUTLIER · ELITE-MED.
Procore Technologies, Inc. · OUTLIER

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $77.9M (Δ $3.6M heavier vs Apple Inc.); EXTREME · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · OUTLIER · ELITE-MED.
Fiserv Inc · OUTLIER

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $70.4M (Δ $3.8M lighter vs Apple Inc.); STEEP · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · OUTLIER · ELITE-MED.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · OUTLIER

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $79.9M (Δ $5.6M heavier vs Apple Inc.); MEGA · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · OUTLIER · ELITE-MED.
Regal Rexnord Corp (SIC 35 pole)

Regal Rexnord Corp stamps HIGH · UNFILED nearest in-SIC by ABS(pay_ratio) to Apple Inc.'s EXTREME filing.
National dual ranks · #14/#96

Apple Inc.'s FY2025 package sits #14 by CEO dollars and #96 by ratio under OUTLIER · EXTREME.
Highest-paid CEOs · EXTREME

Apple 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 Apple Inc. (CIK 320193), FY2025. 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.