CEO Total Pay
$151K
FY2021 Summary Compensation, below median
FY2021 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
CERNER Corp CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $151K in FY2021 against median worker pay of $75,480 · Business Services.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2022-04-11
- Industry
- Business Services
- Fiscal year
- FY2021
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
2:1
Below Average (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$151K
Median worker
$75,480
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
CERNER Corp reported a 2:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2021 - at or below the Business Services median of 95:1 across 189 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Business Services companies.
- Pay ratio
- 2:1
- FY2021 disclosed
- CEO total
- $151K
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $75,480
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Business Services peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 173 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 73. 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 CERNER Corp's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Industry Comparison - Business Services
This Company's Ratio
2:1
Industry Median Ratio
95:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$7.9M
This CEO's Pay
$151K
Companies in Industry
189
vs. Industry Median
Below
CERNER Corp: near-parity Item 402(u) ratio
CERNER Corp stamps FLOOR · HIGH-MED at 2:1 against $75,480 median worker pay in FY2021. the CEO earned 2× the median employee ($75,480) in FY2021.
At $75,480 median worker pay, the FLOOR stamp is near pay-parity territory under MICRO CEO total.
Pay Ratio
2:1
Below typical
What FY2021 shows for CERNER Corp
CERNER Corp stamps FLOOR · HIGH-MED at 2:1 against $75,480 median worker pay in FY2021. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Business Services (SIC 73) median ratio is 95:1 across 189 FY2025 filers; CERNER Corp's $151K CEO total is at or below the $7.9M industry median CEO pay.
CERNER Corp stamps FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Business Services peers.
Key Data, FY2021
- Total Compensation
- $151K
- Median Employee Pay
- $75,480
- Pay Ratio
- 2:1
- Filing Date
- 2022-04-11
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 804753, FY2021. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. CERNER Corp stamps FLOOR · HIGH-MED at 2:1 against $75,480 median worker pay in FY2021.
Read with CERNER Corp
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
Ring Energy, Inc. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $151K (Δ $44 heavier vs CERNER Corp); FLOOR · ELITE-MED vs this page's FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
Azenta, Inc. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $153K (Δ $2K heavier vs CERNER Corp); FLOOR · PAR-MED vs this page's FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
Solitario Resources Corp. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $147K (Δ $4K lighter vs CERNER Corp); PARITY · ELITE-MED vs this page's FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
Solaredge Technologies, Inc. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $156K (Δ $5K heavier vs CERNER Corp); FLOOR · HIGH-MED vs this page's FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
Business Services benchmark
CERNER Corp stamps FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED inside SIC 73 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · FLOOR
See where FLOOR · MICRO packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading CERNER Corp.
Ratio primer · FLOOR
CERNER Corp's FLOOR stamp sits in the lower Item 402(u) band - start with how the ratio is disclosed before comparing peers.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CERNER Corp (CIK 804753), 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.