CEO Total Pay
$226K
FY2023 Summary Compensation, below median
FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Heartland Financial USA Inc CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $226K in FY2023 against median worker pay of $75,232 · Depository Institutions.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2024-04-09
- Industry
- Depository Institutions
- Fiscal year
- FY2023
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
3:1
Below Average (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$226K
Median worker
$75,232
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
Heartland Financial USA Inc reported a 3:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2023 - at or below the Depository Institutions median of 43:1 across 136 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Depository Institutions companies.
- Pay ratio
- 3:1
- FY2023 disclosed
- CEO total
- $226K
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $75,232
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Depository Institutions peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 124 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 60. 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 Heartland Financial USA Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Heartland Financial USA 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
- 3:1
- FY2023
- vs prior FY
- -39:1
- from FY2022 42:1
- CEO $ YoY
- -93%
- $226K latest
- Filings shown
- 3
- FY2021–2023
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $2.9M | - | $64,213 | 45:1 | - |
| 2022 | $3.0M | +6.5% | $72,303 | 42:1 | -3:1 |
| 2023 | $226K | -93% | $75,232 | 3:1 | -39:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 920112, FY2021–2023. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Depository Institutions
This Company's Ratio
3:1
Industry Median Ratio
43:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$3.0M
This CEO's Pay
$226K
Companies in Industry
136
vs. Industry Median
Below
Heartland Financial USA Inc: near-parity Item 402(u) ratio
Heartland Financial USA Inc stamps FLOOR · HIGH-MED at 3:1 against $75,232 median worker pay in FY2023. the CEO earned 3× the median employee ($75,232) in FY2023.
At $75,232 median worker pay, the FLOOR stamp is near pay-parity territory under MICRO CEO total.
Pay Ratio
3:1
Below typical
What FY2023 shows for Heartland Financial USA Inc
Heartland Financial USA Inc stamps FLOOR · HIGH-MED at 3:1 against $75,232 median worker pay in FY2023. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Depository Institutions (SIC 60) median ratio is 43:1 across 136 FY2025 filers; Heartland Financial USA Inc's $226K CEO total is at or below the $3.0M industry median CEO pay.
Heartland Financial USA Inc stamps FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Depository Institutions peers.
Key Data, FY2023
- Total Compensation
- $226K
- Median Employee Pay
- $75,232
- Pay Ratio
- 3:1
- Filing Date
- 2024-04-09
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 920112, FY2023. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Heartland Financial USA Inc stamps FLOOR · HIGH-MED at 3:1 against $75,232 median worker pay 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 FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
Cheniere Energy, Inc. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $226K (Δ $173 lighter vs Heartland Financial USA Inc); FLOOR · ELITE-MED vs this page's FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
HashiCorp, Inc. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $225K (Δ $394 lighter vs Heartland Financial USA Inc); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
Wayfair Inc. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $225K (Δ $529 lighter vs Heartland Financial USA Inc); FLOOR · PAR-MED vs this page's FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
West Bancorporation Inc · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $226K (Δ $690 heavier vs Heartland Financial USA Inc); FLOOR · HIGH-MED vs this page's FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED.
Depository Institutions benchmark
Heartland Financial USA Inc stamps FLOOR · MICRO · HIGH-MED inside SIC 60 - 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 Heartland Financial USA Inc.
Ratio primer · FLOOR
Heartland Financial USA Inc'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 Heartland Financial USA Inc (CIK 920112), 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.