Publishing & Printing CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 27. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: ACCO BRANDS Corp at 111:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 59:1
- Average pay ratio
- 62:1
- Median CEO pay
- $4.1M
- Companies tracked
- 6
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Publishing & Printing sits at #56 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #59 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (6 FY2025 filers, median 59:1 / $4.1M).
Ranked just above: Holding & Investment Offices (59:1). Just below: Security & Commodity Brokers (55:1). Inside this SIC, ACCO BRANDS Corp currently leads the in-page company list at 111:1.
- Median ratio
- 59:1
- #56 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $4.1M
- #59 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 6
- FY2025 SIC 27
Ratio bands inside Publishing & Printing
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 5 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 27. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Publishing & Printing vs all SIC-2 industries
Publishing & Printing is #56 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (13th percentile). Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 59:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 27
FY2021–2025 cohort medians; changes compare adjacent years and are not inflation-adjusted.
- Latest median ratio
- 59:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -19:1
- from FY2024 78:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- -3%
- $4.1M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -2
- 6 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 79:1 | - | $3.4M | - | 4 |
| 2022 | 92:1 | +14:1 | $3.9M | +13% | 6 |
| 2023 | 54:1 | -38:1 | $2.6M | -32% | 5 |
| 2024 | 78:1 | +24:1 | $4.2M | +61% | 8 |
| 2025 | 59:1 | -19:1 | $4.1M | -3% | 6 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 27 (Publishing & Printing), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Lower-third median CEO pay
Publishing & Printing in the lower-ratio third
Publishing & Printing median CEO pay $4.1M sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries (#59 of 63 by dollars). Publishing & Printing (SIC 27) posts a lower-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 59:1 across 6 FY2025 SEC filers.
Even in the lower-ratio third, the 25th percentile CEO earned $3.6M while the 75th earned $4.3M. When the average (62:1) and median (59:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
9 Publishing & Printing companies below ; each company page sets its filing against this median.
Companies in Publishing & Printing (9 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | News Corp Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1564708 | $20.6M | $93K | 221:1 | 2024 |
| 2 | ACCO BRANDS Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 712034 | $4.5M | $40K | 111:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 107140 | $5.5M | $64K | 86:1 | 2024 |
| 4 | USA TODAY Co., Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1579684 | $4.1M | $55K | 74:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Scholastic Corp Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 866729 | $3.3M | $44K | 74:1 | 2024 |
| 6 | Ennis, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 33002 | $3.6M | $56K | 64:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1997859 | $4.3M | $81K | 53:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | New York Times Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 71691 | - | - | 49:1 | 2025 |
| 9 | LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 58361 | $1.2M | $55K | 20:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 3 of the 9 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 Publishing & Printing benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
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