Special Trade Construction CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 17. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Quanta Services, Inc. at 154:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 46:1
- Average pay ratio
- 70:1
- Median CEO pay
- $3.3M
- Companies tracked
- 7
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Special Trade Construction sits at #61 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (5th percentile) - median 46:1 across 7 FY2025 filers.
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, Quanta Services, Inc. currently leads the in-page company list at 154:1.
- Median ratio
- 46:1
- #61 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $3.3M
- #61 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 7
- FY2025 SIC 17
Ratio bands inside Special Trade Construction
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 7 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 17. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Special Trade Construction vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #61 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (5th percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 46:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 17
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
- 46:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- +5:1
- from FY2024 41:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +13%
- $3.3M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -1
- 7 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 70:1 | - | $3.5M | - | 5 |
| 2022 | 58:1 | -12:1 | $2.4M | -31% | 7 |
| 2023 | 39:1 | -19:1 | $3.2M | +32% | 7 |
| 2024 | 41:1 | +2:1 | $2.9M | -7% | 8 |
| 2025 | 46:1 | +5:1 | $3.3M | +13% | 7 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 17 (Special Trade Construction), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Lower-third median CEO pay
Special Trade Construction in the lower-ratio third
Special Trade Construction median CEO pay $3.3M sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries (#61 of 63 by dollars). Special Trade Construction (SIC 17) posts a lower-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 46:1 across 7 FY2025 SEC filers.
Even in the lower-ratio third, the 25th percentile CEO earned $1.4M while the 75th earned $7.0M. The 70:1 average sits well above the 46:1 median, so a few very-high-pay CEOs are pulling the mean; the median is the fairer yardstick.
Below: each of the 8 Special Trade 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 Special Trade Construction (8 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quanta Services, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1050915 | $102K | $102K | 154:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | QXO Insulation, LLC SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1633931 | $7.9M | $66K | 119:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | IES Holdings, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1048268 | $6.2M | $56K | 110:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Limbach Holdings, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1606163 | $2.8M | $61K | 46:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Ameresco, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1488139 | $3.3M | $111K | 30:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Matrix Service Co Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 866273 | $3.1M | $111K | 28:1 | 2024 |
| 7 | Argan Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 100591 | $100K | $100K | 27:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | Comfort Systems USA Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1035983 | $10.6M | $67K | 2:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 1 of the 8 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 Special Trade Construction benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Special Trade Construction median CEO pay $3.3M sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries (#61 of 63 by dollars). Open Quanta Services, Inc. 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.