Agriculture CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 07. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Mission Produce, Inc. at 530:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 49:1
- Average pay ratio
- 196:1
- Median CEO pay
- $3.1M
- Companies tracked
- 3
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Agriculture sits at #60 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #62 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (3 FY2025 filers, median 49:1 / $3.1M).
Ranked just above: Real Estate (54:1). Just below: Special Trade Construction (46:1). Inside this SIC, Mission Produce, Inc. currently leads the in-page company list at 530:1.
- Median ratio
- 49:1
- #60 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $3.1M
- #62 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 3
- FY2025 SIC 07
Ratio bands inside Agriculture
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 3 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 07. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Agriculture vs all SIC-2 industries
Agriculture is #60 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (6th percentile). Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 49:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 07
FY2021–2025 cohort medians; changes compare adjacent years and are not inflation-adjusted.
- Latest median ratio
- 49:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -135:1
- from FY2024 184:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- -1.8%
- $3.1M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -1
- 3 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 144:1 | - | $4.3M | - | 3 |
| 2022 | 168:1 | +24:1 | $3.2M | -25% | 4 |
| 2023 | 290:1 | +123:1 | $4.1M | +28% | 4 |
| 2024 | 184:1 | -106:1 | $3.1M | -24% | 4 |
| 2025 | 49:1 | -135:1 | $3.1M | -1.8% | 3 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 07 (Agriculture), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Lower-third median CEO pay
Agriculture in the lower-ratio third
Agriculture median CEO pay $3.1M sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries (#62 of 63 by dollars). Agriculture (SIC 07) posts a lower-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 49:1 across 3 FY2025 SEC filers.
Even in the lower-ratio third, the 25th percentile CEO earned $3.0M while the 75th earned $4.7M. The 196:1 average sits well above the 49:1 median, so a few very-high-pay CEOs are pulling the mean; the median is the fairer yardstick.
4 Agriculture companies below ; each company page sets its filing against this median.
Companies in Agriculture (4 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission Produce, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1802974 | $3.1M | $6K | 530:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Davey Tree Expert Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 277638 | $2.9M | $60K | 49:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | Calavo Growers Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1133470 | $79K | $9K | 9:1 | 2024 |
| 4 | BrightView Holdings, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1734713 | $6.4M | $50K | 8:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 1 of the 4 issuers above has no FY2025 filing on file, so its row shows its newest earlier year (see the FY column). They are ranked here beside FY2025 filers and each carries the marker; the Agriculture benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Open Mission Produce, Inc. for the in-SIC filing next to this median, or compare every SIC on the Industries directory.
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