UNH FY2025 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A #1 of 56 in industry

Unitedhealth Group Inc CEO pay ratio

The CEO earned $60.9M in FY2025 against median worker pay of $81,474 · Insurance Carriers.

Insurance Carriers peers All rankings
State
DE
Filing date
2026-04-21
Industry
Insurance Carriers
Industry rank
#1/56

Data updated August 2026

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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
748:1
Extreme (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$60.9M
Median worker
$81,474

Answer first

Unitedhealth Group Inc's FY2025 CEO total of $60.9M ranks #19 of 1,423 complete filings; its 748:1 pay ratio ranks #62. 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 $81,474. Industry placement uses the FY2025 SIC-63 peer cohort (# 1 of 56, 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 Insurance Carriers companies.

Dollar rank
#19
$60.9M of 1,423 FY2025
Ratio rank
#62
748:1 of 1,423
Industry pct
100th
top 1% of industry peers by pay ratio

How Unitedhealth Group Inc ranks nationally

Unitedhealth Group Inc CEO pay vs. every FY2025 complete filing

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

$60,942,552 Top 1% higher than 99% 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%). Below this entry. $40,000,000–$42,500,000: 1 companies (0%). Below this entry. $42,500,000–$45,000,000: 1 companies (0%). Below this entry. $45,000,000–$47,500,000: 6 companies (0%). Below this entry. $47,500,000–$50,000,000: 27 companies (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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

Unitedhealth Group Inc vs. Insurance Carriers peers

CEO total pay ($60.9M) against pay ratio (748:1) for Unitedhealth Group Inc (marked) and its 5 closest same-industry peers, against the Insurance Carriers industry median on both axes.

Pay + gap both highContained pay, wide gapHigh pay, contained gapBelow peer norms on both5677181.720151445.33462570949099972.663574236.335.0:1221.8:1408.5:1595.2:1782.0:1CEO total payPay ratio (CEO : median worker)Unitedhealth Group Inc, CEO total pay: 60942552 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 748:1Unitedhealth Group IncAflac Inc, CEO total pay: 25008588 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 396:1Aflac IncCigna Group, CEO total pay: 22866134 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 310:1Cigna GroupAllstate Corp, CEO total pay: 22920898 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 306:1Allstate CorpElevance Health, Inc., CEO total pay: 22593979 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 286:1Elevance Health, Inc.Lincoln National Corp, CEO total pay: 27991242 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 277:1Lincoln National Corp
Unitedhealth Group Inc vs. Insurance Carriers peers, plotted against the industry's $8.3M median CEO total and 69:1 median pay ratio.

Ratio bands among Insurance Carriers peers

Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 51 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 63. 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 Unitedhealth Group Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →

Filing-year trail · Unitedhealth Group Inc

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
748:1
FY2025
vs prior FY
+400:1
from FY2024 348:1
CEO $ YoY
+131%
$60.9M latest
Filings shown
5
FY2021–2025
Unitedhealth Group Inc 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 $18.5M - $61,379 301:1 -
2022 $20.9M +13% $63,035 331:1 +30:1
2023 $23.5M +13% $66,821 352:1 +21:1
2024 $26.4M +12% $75,778 348:1 -4:1
2025 $60.9M +131% $81,474 748:1 +400:1

Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 731766, FY2021–2025. Adjacent-year deltas only.

Industry Comparison - Insurance Carriers

This Company's Ratio
748:1
Industry Median Ratio
69:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$8.3M
This CEO's Pay
$60.9M
Companies in Industry
56
vs. Industry Median
Above
#1 of 56 by pay ratio in this industry View all companies in Insurance Carriers →

Unitedhealth Group Inc: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio

Unitedhealth Group Inc's FY2025 ratio 748:1 ranks #1 of 56 Insurance Carriers filers (100th percentile). the CEO earned 748× the median employee ($81,474) in FY2025.

At $81,474 median worker pay (HIGH-MED), the EXTREME stamp means roughly 748 years of median wages to match one CEO year.

CEO Total Pay

$60.9M

FY2025 Summary Compensation, well above median

Pay Ratio

748:1

Outlier, top decile

Unitedhealth Group Inc in the higher Insurance Carriers third

Unitedhealth Group Inc's FY2025 ratio 748:1 ranks #1 of 56 Insurance Carriers filers (100th percentile). The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Insurance Carriers (SIC 63) median ratio is 69:1 across 56 FY2025 filers; Unitedhealth Group Inc's $60.9M CEO total is above the $8.3M industry median CEO pay.

Dollar rank #19 and ratio rank #62 split - treat 748:1 as a disclosure, not a fairness score. Open Insurance Carriers peers.

Key Data, FY2025

Total Compensation
$60.9M
Median Employee Pay
$81,474
Pay Ratio
748:1
Filing Date
2026-04-21

Company Info

Ticker
UNH
CIK
731766
Industry
Insurance Carriers
SIC Code
6324
State
DE
View SEC filings →
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 731766, FY2025. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Unitedhealth Group Inc's FY2025 ratio 748:1 ranks #1 of 56 Insurance Carriers filers (100th percentile).

Read with Unitedhealth Group Inc

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

Cloudflare, Inc. · OUTLIER

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $60.5M (Δ $452K lighter vs Unitedhealth Group Inc); HIGH · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · OUTLIER · HIGH-MED.
Cadence Design Systems Inc · OUTLIER

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $56.6M (Δ $4.3M lighter vs Unitedhealth Group Inc); EXTREME · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · OUTLIER · HIGH-MED.
TKO Group Holdings, Inc. · OUTLIER

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $67.4M (Δ $6.4M heavier vs Unitedhealth Group Inc); EXTREME · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · OUTLIER · HIGH-MED.
Netflix Inc · OUTLIER

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $53.9M (Δ $7.1M lighter vs Unitedhealth Group Inc); STEEP · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · OUTLIER · HIGH-MED.
Aflac Inc (SIC 63 pole)

Aflac Inc stamps HIGH · PEAK nearest in-SIC by ABS(pay_ratio) to Unitedhealth Group Inc's EXTREME filing.
National dual ranks · #19/#62

Unitedhealth Group Inc's FY2025 package sits #19 by CEO dollars and #62 by ratio under OUTLIER · EXTREME.
Highest-paid CEOs · EXTREME

Unitedhealth Group Inc'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 Unitedhealth Group Inc (CIK 731766), 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.