Food & Beverages CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 20. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Coca Cola Co at 1,739:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 141:1
- Average pay ratio
- 246:1
- Median CEO pay
- $9.4M
- Companies tracked
- 27
Data updated August 2026
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Food & Beverages sits at #21 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (68th percentile) - median 141:1 across 27 FY2025 filers.
Ranked just above: Agriculture (144:1). Just below: Industrial Machinery & Equipment (139:1). Inside this SIC, Coca Cola Co currently leads the in-page company list at 1,739:1.
- Median ratio
- 141:1
- #21 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $9.4M
- #21 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 27
- FY2025 SIC 20
Ratio bands inside Food & Beverages
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 24 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 20. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Food & Beverages vs all SIC-2 industries
Food & Beverages is #21 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (68th percentile). Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 141:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 20
FY2021–2025 cohort medians; changes compare adjacent years and are not inflation-adjusted.
- Latest median ratio
- 141:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- +14:1
- from FY2024 127:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +19%
- $9.4M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -14
- 27 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 129:1 | - | $8.4M | - | 35 |
| 2022 | 153:1 | +24:1 | $9.1M | +8.3% | 41 |
| 2023 | 141:1 | -13:1 | $8.0M | -12% | 42 |
| 2024 | 127:1 | -14:1 | $7.9M | -1.1% | 41 |
| 2025 | 141:1 | +14:1 | $9.4M | +19% | 27 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 20 (Food & Beverages), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Heavy industry filer count
Food & Beverages in the higher-ratio third
27 FY2025 DEF 14A filers put Food & Beverages in the heaviest third of SIC-2 volumes. Food & Beverages (SIC 20) posts a higher-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 141:1 across 27 FY2025 SEC filers.
Inside this hotter-ratio band, the 25th percentile CEO earned $3.9M while the 75th earned $14.8M - firm size and equity packages still drive wide spreads. The 246:1 average sits well above the 141:1 median, so a few very-high-pay CEOs are pulling the mean; the median is the fairer yardstick.
53 Food & Beverages companies below ; each company page sets its filing against this median.
Companies in Food & Beverages (53 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coca Cola Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 21344 | $31.2M | $18K | 1,739:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Tyson Foods, Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 100493 | $34.5M | $43K | 798:1 | 2024 |
| 3 | Mondelez International, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1103982 | $24.5M | $38K | 645:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Pepsico Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 77476 | - | - | 538:1 | 2024 |
| 5 | Pilgrims Pride Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 802481 | $16.4M | $35K | 468:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Beyond Meat, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1655210 | - | - | 454:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Smithfield Foods Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 91388 | $19.3M | $60K | 321:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | Constellation Brands, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 16918 | $14.2M | $49K | 293:1 | 2025 |
| 9 | Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 317540 | $16.7M | $58K | 288:1 | 2025 |
| 10 | Hershey Co Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 47111 | $11.9M | $42K | 281:1 | 2024 |
| 11 | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 7084 | $108K | $85K | 280:1 | 2025 |
| 12 | Mccormick & Co Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 63754 | $10.8M | $41K | 261:1 | 2025 |
| 13 | Kellanova Latest filing FY2021 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 55067 | $10.7M | $44K | 242:1 | 2021 |
| 14 | Ingredion Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1046257 | $12.9M | $57K | 226:1 | 2025 |
| 15 | Monster Beverage Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 865752 | $19.3M | $89K | 218:1 | 2025 |
| 16 | Primo Brands Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 2042694 | $1.1M | $5K | 207:1 | 2025 |
| 17 | General Mills Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 40704 | $12.5M | $61K | 206:1 | 2024 |
| 18 | Conagra Brands Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 23217 | $13.1M | $65K | 203:1 | 2024 |
| 19 | Post Holdings, Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1530950 | $16.6M | $95K | 175:1 | 2024 |
| 20 | National Beverage Corp Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 69891 | $12.0M | $69K | 174:1 | 2024 |
| 21 | Kraft Heinz Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1637459 | - | - | 170:1 | 2025 |
| 22 | J M SMUCKER Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 91419 | $10.9M | $78K | 141:1 | 2025 |
| 23 | Hormel Foods Corp /de/ Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 48465 | $8.1M | $58K | 141:1 | 2024 |
| 24 | Darling Ingredients Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 916540 | $9.4M | $69K | 136:1 | 2025 |
| 25 | CAMPBELL'S Co Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 16732 | $7.9M | $62K | 128:1 | 2024 |
Latest filing: 10 of the 25 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 Food & Beverages 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). 28 additional Food & Beverages issuers are on company pages and the national rankings · browse all.
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