Apparel CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 23. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Kontoor Brands, Inc. at 1,244:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 542:1
- Average pay ratio
- 555:1
- Median CEO pay
- $12.5M
- Companies tracked
- 9
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Apparel sits at #2 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #8 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (9 FY2025 filers, median 542:1 / $12.5M).
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Median-ratio rank #2 of 63 is not median-CEO-pay rank #8 of 63. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, Kontoor Brands, Inc. currently leads the in-page company list at 1,244:1.
- Median ratio
- 542:1
- #2 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $12.5M
- #8 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 9
- FY2025 SIC 23
Ratio bands inside Apparel
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 9 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 23. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Apparel vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #2 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (98th percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 542:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 23
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
- 542:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -185:1
- from FY2024 727:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- -0.6%
- $12.5M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -2
- 9 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 661:1 | - | $11.1M | - | 10 |
| 2022 | 212:1 | -449:1 | $5.5M | -50% | 11 |
| 2023 | 665:1 | +453:1 | $10.3M | +87% | 10 |
| 2024 | 727:1 | +63:1 | $12.6M | +22% | 11 |
| 2025 | 542:1 | -185:1 | $12.5M | -0.6% | 9 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 23 (Apparel), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Higher-third median pay ratio
Apparel in the higher-ratio third
Apparel sits in the top third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (542:1; #2 of 63). Apparel (SIC 23) posts a higher-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 542:1 across 9 FY2025 SEC filers.
Inside this hotter-ratio band, the 25th percentile CEO earned $7.5M while the 75th earned $16.1M - firm size and equity packages still drive wide spreads. When the average (555:1) and median (542:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
Below: each of the 14 Apparel 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 Apparel (14 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kontoor Brands, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1760965 | $13.2M | $11K | 1,244:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Levi Strauss & Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 94845 | $16.1M | $16K | 1,004:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | Under Armour, Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1336917 | $11.0M | $13K | 874:1 | 2024 |
| 4 | lululemon athletica inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1397187 | $14.6M | $21K | 709:1 | 2024 |
| 5 | Pvh Corp. /de/ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 78239 | $16.2M | $23K | 689:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Ralph Lauren Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1037038 | $23.3M | $34K | 680:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Carters Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1060822 | $7.5M | $14K | 542:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | G III Apparel Group Ltd /de/ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 821002 | $12.5M | $27K | 470:1 | 2025 |
| 9 | V F Corp Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 103379 | $13.9M | $31K | 443:1 | 2023 |
| 10 | Oxford Industries Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 75288 | $5.5M | $29K | 192:1 | 2025 |
| 11 | Superior Group Of Companies, Inc. Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 95574 | $1.3M | $9K | 142:1 | 2022 |
| 12 | Cintas Corp Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 723254 | - | - | 121:1 | 2022 |
| 13 | Columbia Sportswear Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1050797 | $3.0M | $31K | 99:1 | 2025 |
| 14 | FIGS, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1846576 | $8.2M | $113K | 73:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 5 of the 14 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 Apparel benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Apparel sits in the top third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (542:1; #2 of 63). Open Kontoor Brands, 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.