CEO Total Pay
$11.9M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, above median
HSY FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Hershey Co CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $11.9M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $42,331 · Food & Beverages.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2025-03-26
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
281:1
High (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$11.9M
Median worker
$42,331
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
Hershey Co reported a 281:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Food & Beverages median of 141:1 across 27 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Food & Beverages companies.
- Pay ratio
- 281:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $11.9M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $42,331
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Food & Beverages peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 24 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 20. 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 Hershey Co's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Hershey Co
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2023–2024. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 281:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- -79:1
- from FY2023 360:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -24%
- $11.9M latest
- Filings shown
- 2
- FY2023–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $15.7M | - | $43,527 | 360:1 | - |
| 2024 | $11.9M | -24% | $42,331 | 281:1 | -79:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 47111, FY2023–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Food & Beverages
This Company's Ratio
281:1
Industry Median Ratio
141:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$9.4M
This CEO's Pay
$11.9M
Companies in Industry
27
vs. Industry Median
Above
Hershey Co: STEEP · HEAVY pay ratio
Hershey Co disclosed 281:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $11.9M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 281× the median employee ($42,331) in FY2024.
Median employee $42,331 (PAR-MED); STEEP · HEAVY stamps put about 281 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
281:1
Elevated vs. peers
What FY2024 shows for Hershey Co
Hershey Co disclosed 281:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $11.9M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Food & Beverages (SIC 20) median ratio is 141:1 across 27 FY2025 filers; Hershey Co's $11.9M CEO total is above the $9.4M industry median CEO pay.
Hershey Co stamps STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Food & Beverages peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $11.9M
- Median Employee Pay
- $42,331
- Pay Ratio
- 281:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-03-26
Company Info
- Ticker
- HSY
- CIK
- 47111
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- SIC Code
- 2060
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 47111, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Hershey Co disclosed 281:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $11.9M CEO total in FY2024.
Read with Hershey 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 · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Revvity, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $11.9M (Δ $11K lighter vs Hershey Co); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Firstenergy Corp · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $11.9M (Δ $12K lighter vs Hershey Co); MID · HIGH-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Century Communities, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $11.9M (Δ $32K lighter vs Hershey Co); MID · HIGH-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
NOV Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $12.0M (Δ $63K heavier vs Hershey Co); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Food & Beverages benchmark
Hershey Co stamps STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED inside SIC 20 - 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 Hershey Co.
Comp structure · HEAVY
Hershey Co'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 Hershey Co (CIK 47111), 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.