CEO Total Pay
$4.5M
FY2023 Summary Compensation, below median
JWN FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Nordstrom Inc CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $4.5M in FY2023 against median worker pay of $35,636 · Apparel & Accessory Stores.
- State
- WA
- Filing date
- 2024-04-11
- Industry
- Apparel & Accessory Stores
- Fiscal year
- FY2023
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
127:1
Moderate (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$4.5M
Median worker
$35,636
Latest filing FY2023. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2023, 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
Nordstrom Inc reported a 127:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2023 - at or below the Apparel & Accessory Stores median of 185:1 across 13 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Apparel & Accessory Stores companies.
- Pay ratio
- 127:1
- FY2023 disclosed
- CEO total
- $4.5M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $35,636
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Apparel & Accessory Stores peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 11 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 56. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2023
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Nordstrom Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Industry Comparison - Apparel & Accessory Stores
This Company's Ratio
127:1
Industry Median Ratio
185:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$5.9M
This CEO's Pay
$4.5M
Companies in Industry
13
vs. Industry Median
Below
Nordstrom Inc: MID · MID$ pay ratio
Nordstrom Inc disclosed 127:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $4.5M CEO total in FY2023. the CEO earned 127× the median employee ($35,636) in FY2023.
Median employee $35,636 (LOW-MED); MID · MID$ stamps put about 127 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
127:1
Near industry median
What FY2023 shows for Nordstrom Inc
Nordstrom Inc disclosed 127:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $4.5M CEO total in FY2023. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Apparel & Accessory Stores (SIC 56) median ratio is 185:1 across 13 FY2025 filers; Nordstrom Inc's $4.5M CEO total is at or below the $5.9M industry median CEO pay.
Nordstrom Inc stamps MID · MID$ · LOW-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Apparel & Accessory Stores peers.
Key Data, FY2023
- Total Compensation
- $4.5M
- Median Employee Pay
- $35,636
- Pay Ratio
- 127:1
- Filing Date
- 2024-04-11
Company Info
- Ticker
- JWN
- CIK
- 72333
- Industry
- Apparel & Accessory Stores
- SIC Code
- 5651
- State
- WA
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 72333, FY2023. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Nordstrom Inc disclosed 127:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $4.5M CEO total in FY2023.
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ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps MID · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Interface Inc · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $4.5M (Δ $3K heavier vs Nordstrom Inc); MODEST · PAR-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Dime Commercial Bancshares, Inc. /NY/ · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $4.5M (Δ $4K lighter vs Nordstrom Inc); MODEST · HIGH-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Bally's Corp · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $4.5M (Δ $11K heavier vs Nordstrom Inc); MID · PAR-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Cavco Industries, Inc. · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $4.5M (Δ $15K lighter vs Nordstrom Inc); MID · PAR-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · LOW-MED.
Apparel & Accessory Stores benchmark
Nordstrom Inc stamps MID · MID$ · LOW-MED inside SIC 56 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MID
See where MID · MID$ packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Nordstrom Inc.
Pay-equity trends · MID
Nordstrom Inc's MID · LOW-MED stamps sit mid-band - pay-equity trends place the ratio against workforce pay.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Nordstrom Inc (CIK 72333), FY2023. 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.