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.
Ranked just above: Agriculture (49:1). Just below: Depository Institutions (43:1). 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
Special Trade Construction is #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
FY2021–2025 cohort medians; changes compare adjacent years and are not inflation-adjusted.
- 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.
8 Special Trade Construction companies below ; each company page sets its filing against this median.
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 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 Special Trade Construction benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
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