CEO Total Pay
$11.0M
FY2021 Summary Compensation, near median
PAYX FY2021 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Paychex Inc CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $11.0M in FY2021 against median worker pay of $56,960 · Engineering & Management Services.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2022-09-02
- Industry
- Engineering & Management Services
- Fiscal year
- FY2021
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
193:1
High (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$11.0M
Median worker
$56,960
Latest filing FY2021. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2021, 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
Paychex Inc reported a 193:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2021 - above the Engineering & Management Services median of 79:1 across 18 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Engineering & Management Services companies.
- Pay ratio
- 193:1
- FY2021 disclosed
- CEO total
- $11.0M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $56,960
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Engineering & Management Services peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 17 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 87. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2021
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Paychex Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Industry Comparison - Engineering & Management Services
This Company's Ratio
193:1
Industry Median Ratio
79:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$11.4M
This CEO's Pay
$11.0M
Companies in Industry
18
vs. Industry Median
Above
Paychex Inc: STEEP · HEAVY pay ratio
Paychex Inc disclosed 193:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $11.0M CEO total in FY2021. the CEO earned 193× the median employee ($56,960) in FY2021.
Median employee $56,960 (PAR-MED); STEEP · HEAVY stamps put about 193 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
193:1
Elevated vs. peers
What FY2021 shows for Paychex Inc
Paychex Inc disclosed 193:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $11.0M CEO total in FY2021. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Engineering & Management Services (SIC 87) median ratio is 79:1 across 18 FY2025 filers; Paychex Inc's $11.0M CEO total is at or below the $11.4M industry median CEO pay.
Paychex Inc stamps STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Engineering & Management Services peers.
Key Data, FY2021
- Total Compensation
- $11.0M
- Median Employee Pay
- $56,960
- Pay Ratio
- 193:1
- Filing Date
- 2022-09-02
Company Info
- Ticker
- PAYX
- CIK
- 723531
- Industry
- Engineering & Management Services
- SIC Code
- 8700
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 723531, FY2021. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Paychex Inc disclosed 193:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $11.0M CEO total in FY2021.
Read with Paychex Inc
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.
Lci Industries · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $11.0M (Δ $470 heavier vs Paychex Inc); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Cooper Companies, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $11.0M (Δ $2K heavier vs Paychex Inc); HIGH · LOW-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
ODP Corp · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $11.0M (Δ $16K lighter vs Paychex Inc); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Ptc Therapeutics, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $11.0M (Δ $29K heavier vs Paychex Inc); FLOOR · ELITE-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Engineering & Management Services benchmark
Paychex Inc stamps STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED inside SIC 87 - 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 Paychex Inc.
Comp structure · HEAVY
Paychex Inc'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 Paychex Inc (CIK 723531), FY2021. 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.