CEO Total Pay
$4.7M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, below median
KMT FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Kennametal Inc CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $4.7M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $72,021 · Industrial Machinery & Equipment.
- State
- PA
- Filing date
- 2025-09-15
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery & Equipment
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
65:1
Moderate (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$4.7M
Median worker
$72,021
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
Kennametal Inc reported a 65:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - at or below 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
- 65:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $4.7M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $72,021
- 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, FY2024
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Kennametal Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Kennametal Inc
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
- 65:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- -54:1
- from FY2022 119:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -30%
- $4.7M latest
- Filings shown
- 3
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $6.1M | - | $47,133 | 130:1 | - |
| 2022 | $6.7M | +9.2% | $56,203 | 119:1 | -11:1 |
| 2024 | $4.7M | -30% | $72,021 | 65:1 | -54:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 55242, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Industrial Machinery & Equipment
This Company's Ratio
65:1
Industry Median Ratio
139:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$9.4M
This CEO's Pay
$4.7M
Companies in Industry
60
vs. Industry Median
Below
Kennametal Inc: MODEST · MID$ pay ratio
Kennametal Inc disclosed 65:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $4.7M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 65× the median employee ($72,021) in FY2024.
Median employee $72,021 (HIGH-MED); MODEST · MID$ stamps put about 65 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
65:1
Near industry median
What FY2024 shows for Kennametal Inc
Kennametal Inc disclosed 65:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $4.7M CEO total in FY2024. 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; Kennametal Inc's $4.7M CEO total is at or below the $9.4M industry median CEO pay.
Kennametal Inc stamps MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Industrial Machinery & Equipment peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $4.7M
- Median Employee Pay
- $72,021
- Pay Ratio
- 65:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-09-15
Company Info
- Ticker
- KMT
- CIK
- 55242
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery & Equipment
- SIC Code
- 3541
- State
- PA
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 55242, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Kennametal Inc disclosed 65:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $4.7M CEO total in FY2024.
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ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
IES Holdings, Inc. · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $4.7M (Δ $19K heavier vs Kennametal Inc); MID · PAR-MED vs this page's MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
LendingTree, Inc. · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $4.7M (Δ $30K heavier vs Kennametal Inc); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $4.6M (Δ $32K lighter vs Kennametal Inc); MODEST · HIGH-MED vs this page's MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
TFS Financial CORP · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $4.6M (Δ $44K lighter vs Kennametal Inc); MODEST · HIGH-MED vs this page's MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
Industrial Machinery & Equipment benchmark
Kennametal Inc stamps MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED inside SIC 35 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MODEST
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Ratio primer · MODEST
Kennametal Inc's MODEST stamp sits in the lower Item 402(u) band - start with how the ratio is disclosed before comparing peers.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Kennametal Inc (CIK 55242), 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.