CEO Total Pay
$7.8M
FY2023 Summary Compensation, below median
BIG FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Former Bl Stores Inc CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $7.8M in FY2023 against median worker pay of $9,846 · General Merchandise Stores.
- State
- OH
- Filing date
- 2024-04-19
- Industry
- General Merchandise Stores
- Fiscal year
- FY2023
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
788:1
Extreme (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$7.8M
Median worker
$9,846
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
Former Bl Stores Inc reported a 788:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2023 - above the General Merchandise Stores median of 767:1 across 8 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all General Merchandise Stores companies.
- Pay ratio
- 788:1
- FY2023 disclosed
- CEO total
- $7.8M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $9,846
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among General Merchandise Stores peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 8 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 53. 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 Former Bl Stores Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Former Bl Stores Inc
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2021–2023. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 788:1
- FY2023
- vs prior FY
- -147:1
- from FY2022 935:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -9%
- $7.8M latest
- Filings shown
- 3
- FY2021–2023
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $9.0M | - | $9,085 | 995:1 | - |
| 2022 | $8.5M | -5.7% | $9,113 | 935:1 | -60:1 |
| 2023 | $7.8M | -9% | $9,846 | 788:1 | -147:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 768835, FY2021–2023. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - General Merchandise Stores
This Company's Ratio
788:1
Industry Median Ratio
767:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$14.4M
This CEO's Pay
$7.8M
Companies in Industry
8
vs. Industry Median
Above
Former Bl Stores Inc: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio
Former Bl Stores Inc stamps EXTREME · HEAVY at 788:1 with $7.8M CEO total in FY2023. the CEO earned 788× the median employee ($9,846) in FY2023.
At $9,846 median worker pay (LOW-MED), the EXTREME stamp means roughly 788 years of median wages to match one CEO year.
Pay Ratio
788:1
Outlier, top decile
What FY2023 shows for Former Bl Stores Inc
Former Bl Stores Inc stamps EXTREME · HEAVY at 788:1 with $7.8M CEO total in FY2023. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. General Merchandise Stores (SIC 53) median ratio is 767:1 across 8 FY2025 filers; Former Bl Stores Inc's $7.8M CEO total is at or below the $14.4M industry median CEO pay.
Former Bl Stores Inc stamps EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open General Merchandise Stores peers.
Key Data, FY2023
- Total Compensation
- $7.8M
- Median Employee Pay
- $9,846
- Pay Ratio
- 788:1
- Filing Date
- 2024-04-19
Company Info
- Ticker
- BIG
- CIK
- 768835
- Industry
- General Merchandise Stores
- SIC Code
- 5331
- State
- OH
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 768835, FY2023. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Former Bl Stores Inc stamps EXTREME · HEAVY at 788:1 with $7.8M 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 EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Green Brick Partners, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $7.8M (Δ $11K heavier vs Former Bl Stores Inc); MODEST · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Comerica Inc · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $7.7M (Δ $12K lighter vs Former Bl Stores Inc); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
National Fuel Gas Co · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $7.8M (Δ $15K heavier vs Former Bl Stores Inc); MID · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
CONMED Corp · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $7.8M (Δ $17K heavier vs Former Bl Stores Inc); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
General Merchandise Stores benchmark
Former Bl Stores Inc stamps EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED inside SIC 53 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · EXTREME
See where EXTREME · HEAVY packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Former Bl Stores Inc.
Highest-paid CEOs · EXTREME
Former Bl Stores 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 Former Bl Stores Inc (CIK 768835), 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.