CEO Total Pay
$5.5M
FY2021 Summary Compensation, above median
KALU FY2021 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Kaiser Aluminum Corp CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $5.5M in FY2021 against median worker pay of $73,249 · Primary Metals.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2022-04-29
- Industry
- Primary Metals
- Fiscal year
- FY2021
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
75:1
Moderate (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$5.5M
Median worker
$73,249
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
Kaiser Aluminum Corp reported a 75:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2021 - above the Primary Metals median of 72:1 across 14 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Primary Metals companies.
- Pay ratio
- 75:1
- FY2021 disclosed
- CEO total
- $5.5M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $73,249
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Primary Metals peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 12 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 33. 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 Kaiser Aluminum Corp's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Industry Comparison - Primary Metals
This Company's Ratio
75:1
Industry Median Ratio
72:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$4.2M
This CEO's Pay
$5.5M
Companies in Industry
14
vs. Industry Median
Above
Kaiser Aluminum Corp: MID · MID$ pay ratio
Kaiser Aluminum Corp disclosed 75:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $5.5M CEO total in FY2021. the CEO earned 75× the median employee ($73,249) in FY2021.
Median employee $73,249 (HIGH-MED); MID · MID$ stamps put about 75 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
75:1
Near industry median
What FY2021 shows for Kaiser Aluminum Corp
Kaiser Aluminum Corp disclosed 75:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $5.5M CEO total in FY2021. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Primary Metals (SIC 33) median ratio is 72:1 across 14 FY2025 filers; Kaiser Aluminum Corp's $5.5M CEO total is above the $4.2M industry median CEO pay.
Kaiser Aluminum Corp stamps MID · MID$ · HIGH-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Primary Metals peers.
Key Data, FY2021
- Total Compensation
- $5.5M
- Median Employee Pay
- $73,249
- Pay Ratio
- 75:1
- Filing Date
- 2022-04-29
Company Info
- Ticker
- KALU
- CIK
- 811596
- Industry
- Primary Metals
- SIC Code
- 3350
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 811596, FY2021. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Kaiser Aluminum Corp disclosed 75:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $5.5M CEO total in FY2021.
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ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps MID · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
W&t Offshore Inc · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.5M (Δ $954 lighter vs Kaiser Aluminum Corp); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
Sonos Inc · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.5M (Δ $11K lighter vs Kaiser Aluminum Corp); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
Hilltop Holdings Inc. · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.5M (Δ $20K lighter vs Kaiser Aluminum Corp); MODEST · HIGH-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
Del Monte Corp · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.5M (Δ $24K lighter vs Kaiser Aluminum Corp); EXTREME · LOW-MED vs this page's MID · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
Primary Metals benchmark
Kaiser Aluminum Corp stamps MID · MID$ · HIGH-MED inside SIC 33 - 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 Kaiser Aluminum Corp.
Pay-equity trends · MID
Kaiser Aluminum Corp's MID · HIGH-MED stamps sit mid-band - pay-equity trends place the ratio against workforce pay.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Kaiser Aluminum Corp (CIK 811596), 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.