IBM FY2025 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A #1 of 60 in industry

International Business Machines Corp CEO pay ratio

The CEO earned $38.0M in FY2025 against median worker pay of $49,660 · Industrial Machinery & Equipment.

Industrial Machinery & Equipment peers All rankings
State
NY
Filing date
2026-03-10
Industry
Industrial Machinery & Equipment
Industry rank
#1/60

Data updated August 2026

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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
765:1
Extreme (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$38.0M
Median worker
$49,660

Answer first

International Business Machines Corp's FY2025 CEO total of $38.0M ranks #40 of 1,423 complete filings; its 765:1 pay ratio ranks #60. 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 $49,660. Industry placement uses the FY2025 SIC-35 peer cohort (# 1 of 60, 100th percentile - top 1% 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
#40
$38.0M of 1,423 FY2025
Ratio rank
#60
765:1 of 1,423
Industry pct
100th
top 1% of industry peers by pay ratio

How International Business Machines Corp ranks nationally

International Business Machines Corp CEO pay vs. every FY2025 complete filing

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

$37,989,685 Top 3% higher than 97% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $40,000,000–$42,500,000: 1 companies (0%). Above this entry. $42,500,000–$45,000,000: 1 companies (0%). Above this entry. $45,000,000–$47,500,000: 6 companies (0%). Above this entry. $47,500,000–$50,000,000: 27 companies (2%). Above this entry. 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

International Business Machines Corp vs. Industrial Machinery & Equipment peers

CEO total pay ($38.0M) against pay ratio (765:1) for International Business Machines Corp (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 both6171084.524013012.941854941.259696869.677538798.0107.7:1279.8:1452.0:1624.1:1796.3:1CEO total payPay ratio (CEO : median worker)International Business Machines Corp, CEO total pay: 37989685 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 765:1International Business Machines CorpApple 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 Co
International Business Machines Corp 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 International Business Machines Corp's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →

Filing-year trail · International Business Machines Corp

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
765:1
FY2025
vs prior FY
+247:1
from FY2024 518:1
CEO $ YoY
+51%
$38.0M latest
Filings shown
5
FY2021–2025
International Business Machines Corp 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 $17.6M - $68,027 258:1 -
2022 $16.6M -5.5% $61,181 271:1 +13:1
2023 $20.4M +23% $65,380 312:1 +41:1
2024 $25.1M +23% $48,540 518:1 +206:1
2025 $38.0M +51% $49,660 765:1 +247:1

Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 51143, FY2021–2025. Adjacent-year deltas only.

Industry Comparison - Industrial Machinery & Equipment

This Company's Ratio
765:1
Industry Median Ratio
139:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$9.4M
This CEO's Pay
$38.0M
Companies in Industry
60
vs. Industry Median
Above
#1 of 60 by pay ratio in this industry View all companies in Industrial Machinery & Equipment →

International Business Machines Corp: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio

International Business Machines Corp's FY2025 ratio 765:1 ranks #1 of 60 Industrial Machinery & Equipment filers (100th percentile). the CEO earned 765× the median employee ($49,660) in FY2025.

At $49,660 median worker pay (PAR-MED), the EXTREME stamp means roughly 765 years of median wages to match one CEO year.

CEO Total Pay

$38.0M

FY2025 Summary Compensation, well above median

Pay Ratio

765:1

Outlier, top decile

International Business Machines Corp in the higher Industrial Machinery & Equipment third

International Business Machines Corp's FY2025 ratio 765:1 ranks #1 of 60 Industrial Machinery & Equipment filers (100th 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; International Business Machines Corp's $38.0M CEO total is above the $9.4M industry median CEO pay.

Dollar rank #40 and ratio rank #60 split - treat 765:1 as a disclosure, not a fairness score. Open Industrial Machinery & Equipment peers.

Key Data, FY2025

Total Compensation
$38.0M
Median Employee Pay
$49,660
Pay Ratio
765:1
Filing Date
2026-03-10

Company Info

Ticker
IBM
CIK
51143
Industry
Industrial Machinery & Equipment
SIC Code
3570
State
NY
View SEC filings →
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 51143, FY2025. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. International Business Machines Corp's FY2025 ratio 765:1 ranks #1 of 60 Industrial Machinery & Equipment filers (100th percentile).

Read with International Business Machines Corp

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.

T-Mobile US, Inc. · PEAK

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $38.0M (Δ $5K heavier vs International Business Machines Corp); HIGH · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Liberty Global Ltd. · PEAK

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $37.8M (Δ $235K lighter vs International Business Machines Corp); HIGH · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Verizon Communications Inc · PEAK

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $38.3M (Δ $275K heavier vs International Business Machines Corp); STEEP · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Nlight, Inc. · PEAK

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $37.3M (Δ $673K lighter vs International Business Machines Corp); HIGH · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · PEAK · PAR-MED.
Apple Inc. (SIC 35 pole)

Apple Inc. stamps EXTREME · OUTLIER nearest in-SIC by ABS(pay_ratio) to International Business Machines Corp's EXTREME filing.
National dual ranks · #40/#60

International Business Machines Corp's FY2025 package sits #40 by CEO dollars and #60 by ratio under PEAK · EXTREME.
Highest-paid CEOs · EXTREME

International Business Machines Corp'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 International Business Machines Corp (CIK 51143), 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.