Mining CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 14. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Vulcan Materials CO at 127:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 64:1
- Average pay ratio
- 60:1
- Median CEO pay
- $6.1M
- Companies tracked
- 9
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Mining sits at #53 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #48 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (9 FY2025 filers, median 64:1 / $6.1M).
Ranked just above: Insurance Carriers (69:1). Just below: Mining (64:1). Inside this SIC, Vulcan Materials CO currently leads the in-page company list at 127:1.
- Median ratio
- 64:1
- #53 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $6.1M
- #48 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 9
- FY2025 SIC 14
Ratio bands inside Mining
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 8 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 14. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Mining vs all SIC-2 industries
Mining is #53 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (17th percentile). Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 64:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 14
FY2021–2025 cohort medians; changes compare adjacent years and are not inflation-adjusted.
- Latest median ratio
- 64:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -9.5:1
- from FY2024 74:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- -5%
- $6.1M latest
- Filer count YoY
- +1
- 9 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51:1 | - | $5.3M | - | 7 |
| 2022 | 53:1 | +2:1 | $5.1M | -2.4% | 10 |
| 2023 | 63:1 | +9.5:1 | $6.0M | +17% | 10 |
| 2024 | 74:1 | +11:1 | $6.4M | +6.4% | 8 |
| 2025 | 64:1 | -9.5:1 | $6.1M | -5% | 9 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 14 (Mining), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Lower-third median pay ratio
Mining in the lower-ratio third
Mining sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (64:1; #53 of 63). Mining (SIC 14) posts a lower-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 64:1 across 9 FY2025 SEC filers.
Even in the lower-ratio third, the 25th percentile CEO earned $3.5M while the 75th earned $7.9M. When the average (60:1) and median (64:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
11 Mining companies below ; each company page sets its filing against this median.
Companies in Mining (11 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulcan Materials CO SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1396009 | $14.7M | $116K | 127:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Summit Materials, Inc. Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1621563 | $7.0M | $59K | 119:1 | 2023 |
| 3 | Energy Fuels Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1385849 | $8.5M | $75K | 113:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | United States Lime & Minerals Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 82020 | $7.7M | $89K | 87:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Compass Minerals International Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1227654 | $6.3M | $93K | 68:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Knife River Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1955520 | $5.8M | $91K | 64:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Mdu Resources Group Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 67716 | - | - | 42:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | Piedmont Lithium Inc. Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1728205 | $202K | $202K | 30:1 | 2023 |
| 9 | Centrus Energy Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1065059 | $2.2M | $110K | 20:1 | 2025 |
| 10 | Hecla Mining Co/de/ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 719413 | $1.7M | $118K | 14:1 | 2025 |
| 11 | Intrepid Potash, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1421461 | $3.9M | $102K | 2:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 2 of the 11 issuers above have no FY2025 filing on file, so their rows show their newest earlier year (see the FY column). They are ranked here beside FY2025 filers and each carries the marker; the Mining benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Open Vulcan Materials CO 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.