Construction CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 16. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Primoris Services Corp at 280:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 97:1
- Average pay ratio
- 106:1
- Median CEO pay
- $8.4M
- Companies tracked
- 9
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Construction sits at #35 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #30 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (9 FY2025 filers, median 97:1 / $8.4M).
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Median-ratio rank #35 of 63 is not median-CEO-pay rank #30 of 63. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, Primoris Services Corp currently leads the in-page company list at 280:1.
- Median ratio
- 97:1
- #35 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $8.4M
- #30 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 9
- FY2025 SIC 16
Ratio bands inside Construction
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 9 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 16. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Construction vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #35 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (46th percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 97:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 16
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
- 97:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- +31:1
- from FY2024 66:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +48%
- $8.4M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -1
- 9 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61:1 | - | $3.3M | - | 9 |
| 2022 | 64:1 | +3:1 | $4.4M | +34% | 11 |
| 2023 | 58:1 | -6:1 | $5.3M | +21% | 10 |
| 2024 | 66:1 | +8:1 | $5.7M | +6.3% | 10 |
| 2025 | 97:1 | +31:1 | $8.4M | +48% | 9 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 16 (Construction), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Mid-pack median pay ratio
What DEF 14A shows for Construction
Construction median CEO-to-worker pay ratio is 97:1 across 9 FY2025 filers. Construction (SIC 16) median CEO-to-worker pay ratio is 97:1 across 9 FY2025 SEC filers.
The 25th percentile CEO earned $6.4M while the 75th earned $11.5M - a spread that shows how firm size and equity packages differ inside one SIC. When the average (106:1) and median (97:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
Below: each of the 12 Construction 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 Construction (12 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Primoris Services Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1361538 | $17.5M | $62K | 280:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Preformed Line Products Co Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 80035 | $4.6M | $22K | 213:1 | 2022 |
| 3 | Jacobs Solutions Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 52988 | - | - | 160:1 | 2024 |
| 4 | Mastec Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 15615 | $11.5M | $80K | 144:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Kbr, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1357615 | $11.6M | $86K | 134:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 874238 | $8.4M | $84K | 100:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Fluor Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1124198 | $8.2M | $84K | 97:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | Myr Group Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 700923 | $6.4M | $78K | 81:1 | 2025 |
| 9 | Granite Construction Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 861459 | $9.9M | $159K | 62:1 | 2025 |
| 10 | Orion Group Holdings Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1402829 | $3.7M | $75K | 50:1 | 2025 |
| 11 | Great Lakes Dredge & Dock CORP Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1372020 | $4.5M | $99K | 46:1 | 2024 |
| 12 | Construction Partners, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1718227 | $392K | $49K | 8:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 3 of the 12 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 Construction benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Construction median CEO-to-worker pay ratio is 97:1 across 9 FY2025 filers. Open Primoris Services Corp 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.