Paper & Allied Products CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 26. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Avery Dennison Corp at 556:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 111:1
- Average pay ratio
- 161:1
- Median CEO pay
- $5.9M
- Companies tracked
- 12
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Paper & Allied Products sits at #34 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #51 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (12 FY2025 filers, median 111:1 / $5.9M).
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Median-ratio rank #34 of 63 is not median-CEO-pay rank #51 of 63. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, Avery Dennison Corp currently leads the in-page company list at 556:1.
- Median ratio
- 111:1
- #34 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $5.9M
- #51 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 12
- FY2025 SIC 26
Ratio bands inside Paper & Allied Products
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 10 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 26. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Paper & Allied Products vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #34 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (48th percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 111:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 26
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
- 111:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -9.5:1
- from FY2024 120:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- -18%
- $5.9M latest
- Filer count YoY
- +1
- 12 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 100:1 | - | $5.8M | - | 11 |
| 2022 | 129:1 | +29:1 | $6.9M | +18% | 14 |
| 2023 | 96:1 | -33:1 | $6.6M | -4.2% | 14 |
| 2024 | 120:1 | +25:1 | $7.2M | +9.5% | 11 |
| 2025 | 111:1 | -9.5:1 | $5.9M | -18% | 12 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 26 (Paper & Allied Products), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Lower-third median CEO pay
What DEF 14A shows for Paper & Allied Products
Paper & Allied Products median CEO pay $5.9M sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries (#51 of 63 by dollars). Paper & Allied Products (SIC 26) median CEO-to-worker pay ratio is 111:1 across 12 FY2025 SEC filers.
The 25th percentile CEO earned $3.0M while the 75th earned $9.1M - a spread that shows how firm size and equity packages differ inside one SIC. When the average (161:1) and median (111:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
Below: each of the 17 Paper & Allied Products 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 Paper & Allied Products (17 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avery Dennison Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 8818 | $9.5M | $17K | 556:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | International Paper Co /new/ Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 51434 | $22.0M | $79K | 278:1 | 2024 |
| 3 | Smurfit Westrock plc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 2005951 | $16.4M | $61K | 271:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Kimberly Clark Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 55785 | $15.3M | $57K | 271:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Magnera Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 41719 | - | - | 232:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Pactiv Evergreen Inc. Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1527508 | $10.7M | $60K | 178:1 | 2023 |
| 7 | Sonoco Products Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 91767 | - | - | 151:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | WestRock Co Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1732845 | $12.6M | $85K | 149:1 | 2022 |
| 9 | Sylvamo Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1856485 | $7.7M | $62K | 124:1 | 2025 |
| 10 | Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1786431 | $6.7M | $69K | 97:1 | 2025 |
| 11 | Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1597672 | $5.1M | $95K | 54:1 | 2025 |
| 12 | Mativ Holdings, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1000623 | $3.5M | $65K | 53:1 | 2025 |
| 13 | Clearwater Paper Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1441236 | $102K | $102K | 51:1 | 2025 |
| 14 | Neenah Inc Latest filing FY2021 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1296435 | - | - | 48:1 | 2021 |
| 15 | Mercer International Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1333274 | $2.9M | $62K | 46:1 | 2025 |
| 16 | Ranpak Holdings Corp. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1712463 | $1.9M | $71K | 30:1 | 2025 |
| 17 | Packaging Corp Of America Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 75677 | $15.2M | $83K | 6:1 | 2023 |
Latest filing: 5 of the 17 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 Paper & Allied Products benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Paper & Allied Products median CEO pay $5.9M sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries (#51 of 63 by dollars). Open Avery Dennison Corp 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.