CEO Total Pay
$14.0M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, above median
DRI FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Darden Restaurants Inc CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $14.0M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $23,074 · Eating & Drinking Places.
- State
- FL
- Filing date
- 2025-08-04
- Industry
- Eating & Drinking Places
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
606:1
Extreme (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$14.0M
Median worker
$23,074
Latest filing FY2024. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2024, 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
Darden Restaurants Inc reported a 606:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Eating & Drinking Places median of 425:1 across 18 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Eating & Drinking Places companies.
- Pay ratio
- 606:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $14.0M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $23,074
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Eating & Drinking Places peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 18 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 58. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2024
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Darden Restaurants Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Darden Restaurants Inc
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2021–2024. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 606:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- +79:1
- from FY2023 527:1
- CEO $ YoY
- +17%
- $14.0M latest
- Filings shown
- 4
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $11.9M | - | $21,931 | 542:1 | - |
| 2022 | $8.5M | -29% | $22,248 | 382:1 | -160:1 |
| 2023 | $12.0M | +41% | $22,755 | 527:1 | +145:1 |
| 2024 | $14.0M | +17% | $23,074 | 606:1 | +79:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 940944, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Eating & Drinking Places
This Company's Ratio
606:1
Industry Median Ratio
425:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$7.8M
This CEO's Pay
$14.0M
Companies in Industry
18
vs. Industry Median
Above
Darden Restaurants Inc: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio
Darden Restaurants Inc stamps EXTREME · HEAVY at 606:1 with $14.0M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 606× the median employee ($23,074) in FY2024.
At $23,074 median worker pay (LOW-MED), the EXTREME stamp means roughly 606 years of median wages to match one CEO year.
Pay Ratio
606:1
Outlier, top decile
What FY2024 shows for Darden Restaurants Inc
Darden Restaurants Inc stamps EXTREME · HEAVY at 606:1 with $14.0M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Eating & Drinking Places (SIC 58) median ratio is 425:1 across 18 FY2025 filers; Darden Restaurants Inc's $14.0M CEO total is above the $7.8M industry median CEO pay.
Darden Restaurants Inc stamps EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Eating & Drinking Places peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $14.0M
- Median Employee Pay
- $23,074
- Pay Ratio
- 606:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-08-04
Company Info
- Ticker
- DRI
- CIK
- 940944
- Industry
- Eating & Drinking Places
- SIC Code
- 5812
- State
- FL
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 940944, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Darden Restaurants Inc stamps EXTREME · HEAVY at 606:1 with $14.0M CEO total in FY2024.
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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.
Truist Financial Corp · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $14.0M (Δ $14K lighter vs Darden Restaurants Inc); MID · HIGH-MED vs this page's EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $14.0M (Δ $16K heavier vs Darden Restaurants Inc); MID · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Guidewire Software, Inc. · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $14.0M (Δ $31K lighter vs Darden Restaurants Inc); MID · ELITE-MED vs this page's EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Whirlpool Corp /de/ · HEAVY
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $13.9M (Δ $41K lighter vs Darden Restaurants Inc); HIGH · LOW-MED vs this page's EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Eating & Drinking Places benchmark
Darden Restaurants Inc stamps EXTREME · HEAVY · LOW-MED inside SIC 58 - 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 Darden Restaurants Inc.
Highest-paid CEOs · EXTREME
Darden Restaurants 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 Darden Restaurants Inc (CIK 940944), FY2024. 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.