CEO Total Pay
$9.6M
FY2022 Summary Compensation, below median
FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $9.6M in FY2022 against median worker pay of $54,186 · Communications.
- State
- MD
- Filing date
- 2023-04-05
- Industry
- Communications
- Fiscal year
- FY2022
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
178:1
High (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$9.6M
Median worker
$54,186
Latest filing FY2022. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2022, 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
Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC reported a 178:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2022 - above the Communications median of 87:1 across 30 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Communications companies.
- Pay ratio
- 178:1
- FY2022 disclosed
- CEO total
- $9.6M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $54,186
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Communications peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 25 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 48. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2022
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Industry Comparison - Communications
This Company's Ratio
178:1
Industry Median Ratio
87:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$10.8M
This CEO's Pay
$9.6M
Companies in Industry
30
vs. Industry Median
Above
Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC: STEEP · HEAVY pay ratio
Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC disclosed 178:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $9.6M CEO total in FY2022. the CEO earned 178× the median employee ($54,186) in FY2022.
Median employee $54,186 (PAR-MED); STEEP · HEAVY stamps put about 178 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
178:1
Elevated vs. peers
What FY2022 shows for Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC
Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC disclosed 178:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $9.6M CEO total in FY2022. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Communications (SIC 48) median ratio is 87:1 across 30 FY2025 filers; Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC's $9.6M CEO total is at or below the $10.8M industry median CEO pay.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC stamps STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Communications peers.
Key Data, FY2022
- Total Compensation
- $9.6M
- Median Employee Pay
- $54,186
- Pay Ratio
- 178:1
- Filing Date
- 2023-04-05
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 912752, FY2022. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC disclosed 178:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $9.6M CEO total in FY2022.
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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 STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Nextier Oilfield Solutions Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $9.6M (Δ $3K heavier vs Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC); MID · ELITE-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Fuller H B Co · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $9.6M (Δ $12K lighter vs Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Varonis Systems Inc · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $9.6M (Δ $19K lighter vs Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC); FLOOR · ELITE-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Enerpac Tool Group Corp · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $9.6M (Δ $27K lighter vs Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED.
Communications benchmark
Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC stamps STEEP · HEAVY · PAR-MED inside SIC 48 - 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 Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC.
Comp structure · HEAVY
Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC'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 Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC (CIK 912752), FY2022. 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.