Tobacco CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 21. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Philip Morris International Inc. at 375:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 147:1
- Average pay ratio
- 187:1
- Median CEO pay
- $16.2M
- Companies tracked
- 3
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Tobacco sits at #19 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #3 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (3 FY2025 filers, median 147:1 / $16.2M).
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Median-ratio rank #19 of 63 is not median-CEO-pay rank #3 of 63. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, Philip Morris International Inc. currently leads the in-page company list at 375:1.
- Median ratio
- 147:1
- #19 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $16.2M
- #3 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 3
- FY2025 SIC 21
Ratio bands inside Tobacco
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 3 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 21. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Tobacco vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #19 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (71st percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 147:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 21
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
- 147:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -22:1
- from FY2024 169:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +13%
- $16.2M latest
- Filer count YoY
- 0
- 3 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 212:1 | - | $12.7M | - | 3 |
| 2022 | 126:1 | -87:1 | $7.0M | -45% | 4 |
| 2023 | 157:1 | +31:1 | $16.3M | +132% | 4 |
| 2024 | 169:1 | +13:1 | $14.3M | -12% | 3 |
| 2025 | 147:1 | -22:1 | $16.2M | +13% | 3 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 21 (Tobacco), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Higher-third median CEO pay
Tobacco in the higher-ratio third
Tobacco median CEO pay $16.2M sits in the top third of SIC-2 industries (#3 of 63 by dollars). Tobacco (SIC 21) posts a higher-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 147:1 across 3 FY2025 SEC filers.
Inside this hotter-ratio band, the 25th percentile CEO earned $9.6M while the 75th earned $20.4M - firm size and equity packages still drive wide spreads. When the average (187:1) and median (147:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
Below: each of the 4 Tobacco 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 Tobacco (4 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Morris International Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1413329 | $16.2M | $43K | 375:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Vector Group Ltd Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 59440 | $18.0M | $94K | 191:1 | 2023 |
| 3 | Altria Group, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 764180 | $24.5M | $167K | 147:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Turning Point Brands, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1290677 | $3.0M | $78K | 39:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 1 of the 4 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 Tobacco benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Tobacco median CEO pay $16.2M sits in the top third of SIC-2 industries (#3 of 63 by dollars). Open Philip Morris International 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.