Oil & Gas Extraction CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 13. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Nabors Industries Ltd at 514:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 54:1
- Average pay ratio
- 62:1
- Median CEO pay
- $5.6M
- Companies tracked
- 37
Data updated August 2026
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Oil & Gas Extraction sits at #58 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #54 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (37 FY2025 filers, median 54:1 / $5.6M).
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Median-ratio rank #58 of 63 is not median-CEO-pay rank #54 of 63. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, Nabors Industries Ltd currently leads the in-page company list at 514:1.
- Median ratio
- 54:1
- #58 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $5.6M
- #54 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 37
- FY2025 SIC 13
Ratio bands inside Oil & Gas Extraction
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 33 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 13. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Oil & Gas Extraction vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #58 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (10th percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 54:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 13
Same SIC-2 industry_benchmarks extract across FY2021–2025: median CEO-to-worker pay ratio, median CEO dollars, and filer count per fiscal year. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; they are not inflation-adjusted and do not invent missing years.
- Latest median ratio
- 54:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -1:1
- from FY2024 55:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- -20%
- $5.6M latest
- Filer count YoY
- +1
- 37 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47:1 | - | $5.9M | - | 40 |
| 2022 | 55:1 | +8:1 | $6.4M | +8.6% | 49 |
| 2023 | 50:1 | -5:1 | $6.4M | +0.6% | 43 |
| 2024 | 55:1 | +5:1 | $7.0M | +8.3% | 36 |
| 2025 | 54:1 | -1:1 | $5.6M | -20% | 37 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 13 (Oil & Gas Extraction), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Lower-third median pay ratio
Oil & Gas Extraction in the lower-ratio third
Oil & Gas Extraction sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (54:1; #58 of 63). Oil & Gas Extraction (SIC 13) posts a lower-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 54:1 across 37 FY2025 SEC filers.
Even in the lower-ratio third, the 25th percentile CEO earned $4.4M while the 75th earned $7.7M. When the average (62:1) and median (54:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
Below: each of the 59 Oil & Gas Extraction companies PlainCEOPay tracks in this SIC , with CEO total compensation, median worker pay, and pay ratios. Company pages compare each filing to this industry median. Figures are from SEC EDGAR filings - not estimates.
According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database, PlainCEOPay's August 2026 refresh processed 2,456 public companies with 1,423 complete FY2025 DEF 14A proxy filings (fiscal years 2021 through 2025) under Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K. See our methodology for parsing rules.
Companies in Oil & Gas Extraction (59 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nabors Industries Ltd SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1163739 | $29.6M | $58K | 514:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1958086 | $5.6M | $47K | 120:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | SEADRILL Ltd SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1737706 | $5.9M | $56K | 104:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | EQT Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 33213 | $16.0M | $156K | 103:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Core Laboratories N V Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1000229 | $6.4M | $63K | 101:1 | 2022 |
| 6 | Oceaneering International Inc Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 73756 | $7.7M | $86K | 90:1 | 2023 |
| 7 | Diamondback Energy, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1539838 | $14.9M | $168K | 89:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | Coterra Energy Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 858470 | $14.7M | $170K | 87:1 | 2024 |
| 9 | Occidental Petroleum Corp /de/ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 797468 | $18.1M | $226K | 80:1 | 2025 |
| 10 | Nextier Oilfield Solutions Inc. Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1688476 | $9.6M | $122K | 79:1 | 2022 |
| 11 | Eog Resources Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 821189 | $17.6M | $225K | 78:1 | 2025 |
| 12 | Transocean Ltd. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1451505 | - | - | 76:1 | 2025 |
| 13 | Permian Resources Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1658566 | $11.4M | $156K | 73:1 | 2025 |
| 14 | Noble Corp plc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1895262 | - | - | 71:1 | 2025 |
| 15 | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 46765 | $9.0M | $129K | 70:1 | 2025 |
| 16 | Devon Energy Corp/de SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1090012 | - | - | 66:1 | 2025 |
| 17 | ANTERO RESOURCES Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1433270 | $138K | $138K | 65:1 | 2025 |
| 18 | Southwestern Energy Co Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 7332 | $7.5M | $120K | 63:1 | 2022 |
| 19 | Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1984060 | $5.5M | $91K | 60:1 | 2025 |
| 20 | Gulfport Energy Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 874499 | $7.3M | $128K | 57:1 | 2025 |
| 21 | Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 866829 | $5.1M | $89K | 57:1 | 2025 |
| 22 | Select Water Solutions, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1693256 | $4.9M | $86K | 57:1 | 2025 |
| 23 | APA Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1841666 | $238K | $238K | 56:1 | 2025 |
| 24 | Pdc Energy, Inc. Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 77877 | - | - | 55:1 | 2022 |
| 25 | ProPetro Holding Corp. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1680247 | $6.6M | $122K | 54:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 6 of the 25 issuers above have no FY2025 filing on file, so their row shows their newest earlier year (see the FY column). They are ranked here beside FY2025 filers and each carries the marker; the Oil & Gas Extraction benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Showing the top 25 unique CIKs by pay ratio (each issuer's latest filing). 34 additional Oil & Gas Extraction issuers are on company pages and the national rankings · browse all.
Oil & Gas Extraction sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (54:1; #58 of 63). Open Nabors Industries Ltd for the in-SIC filing next to this median, or compare every SIC on the Industries directory.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.