CEO Total Pay
$15.6M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, well above median
KR FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Kroger Co CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $15.6M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $34,204 · Food Stores.
- State
- OH
- Filing date
- 2025-05-15
- Industry
- Food Stores
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
457:1
Extreme (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$15.6M
Median worker
$34,204
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
Kroger Co reported a 457:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Food Stores median of 282:1 across 6 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Food Stores companies.
- Pay ratio
- 457:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $15.6M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $34,204
- Dodd-Frank median employee
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2024
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Kroger Co's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Kroger Co
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2022–2024. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 457:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- -45:1
- from FY2023 502:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -0.5%
- $15.6M latest
- Filings shown
- 3
- FY2022–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $19.2M | - | $28,629 | 671:1 | - |
| 2023 | $15.7M | -18% | $31,296 | 502:1 | -169:1 |
| 2024 | $15.6M | -0.5% | $34,204 | 457:1 | -45:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 56873, FY2022–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Food Stores
This Company's Ratio
457:1
Industry Median Ratio
282:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$4.6M
This CEO's Pay
$15.6M
Companies in Industry
6
vs. Industry Median
Above
Kroger Co: HIGH · PEAK pay ratio
Kroger Co disclosed 457:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $15.6M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 457× the median employee ($34,204) in FY2024.
Median employee $34,204 (LOW-MED); HIGH · PEAK stamps put about 457 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
457:1
Outlier, top decile
What FY2024 shows for Kroger Co
Kroger Co disclosed 457:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $15.6M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Food Stores (SIC 54) median ratio is 282:1 across 6 FY2025 filers; Kroger Co's $15.6M CEO total is above the $4.6M industry median CEO pay.
Kroger Co stamps HIGH · PEAK · LOW-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Food Stores peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $15.6M
- Median Employee Pay
- $34,204
- Pay Ratio
- 457:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-15
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 56873, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Kroger Co disclosed 457:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $15.6M CEO total in FY2024.
Read with Kroger Co
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps HIGH · PEAK · LOW-MED.
Qualys, Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $15.6M (Δ $8K heavier vs Kroger Co); HIGH · LOW-MED vs this page's HIGH · PEAK · LOW-MED.
American Airlines Group Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $15.6M (Δ $20K lighter vs Kroger Co); STEEP · HIGH-MED vs this page's HIGH · PEAK · LOW-MED.
BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $15.6M (Δ $49K lighter vs Kroger Co); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's HIGH · PEAK · LOW-MED.
Home Depot, Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $15.6M (Δ $56K lighter vs Kroger Co); HIGH · LOW-MED vs this page's HIGH · PEAK · LOW-MED.
Food Stores benchmark
Kroger Co stamps HIGH · PEAK · LOW-MED inside SIC 54 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · HIGH
See where HIGH · PEAK packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Kroger Co.
Comp structure · PEAK
Kroger Co'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 Kroger Co (CIK 56873), 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.