Primary Metals CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 33. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Mueller Industries Inc at 604:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 72:1
- Average pay ratio
- 128:1
- Median CEO pay
- $4.2M
- Companies tracked
- 14
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Primary Metals sits at #51 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #58 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (14 FY2025 filers, median 72:1 / $4.2M).
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Median-ratio rank #51 of 63 is not median-CEO-pay rank #58 of 63. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, Mueller Industries Inc currently leads the in-page company list at 604:1.
- Median ratio
- 72:1
- #51 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $4.2M
- #58 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 14
- FY2025 SIC 33
Ratio bands inside Primary Metals
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 12 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 33. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Primary Metals vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #51 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (21st percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 72:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 33
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
- 72:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -1:1
- from FY2024 73:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- -16%
- $4.2M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -2
- 14 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 78:1 | - | $5.2M | - | 20 |
| 2022 | 85:1 | +7.5:1 | $5.0M | -3.7% | 21 |
| 2023 | 95:1 | +10:1 | $6.7M | +34% | 20 |
| 2024 | 73:1 | -23:1 | $5.0M | -25% | 16 |
| 2025 | 72:1 | -1:1 | $4.2M | -16% | 14 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 33 (Primary Metals), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Lower-third median CEO pay
Primary Metals in the lower-ratio third
Primary Metals median CEO pay $4.2M sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries (#58 of 63 by dollars). Primary Metals (SIC 33) posts a lower-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 72:1 across 14 FY2025 SEC filers.
Even in the lower-ratio third, the 25th percentile CEO earned $3.2M while the 75th earned $6.2M. The 128:1 average sits well above the 72:1 median, so a few very-high-pay CEOs are pulling the mean; the median is the fairer yardstick.
Below: each of the 25 Primary Metals 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 Primary Metals (25 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mueller Industries Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 89439 | $27.5M | $46K | 604:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Corning Inc /ny Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 24741 | $21.7M | $49K | 445:1 | 2024 |
| 3 | Constellium Se SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1563411 | $11.9M | $71K | 427:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Encore Wire Corp Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 850460 | $23.7M | $71K | 332:1 | 2023 |
| 5 | United States Steel Corp Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1163302 | $19.0M | $144K | 132:1 | 2022 |
| 6 | Ati Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1018963 | - | - | 123:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Nucor Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 73309 | - | - | 112:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | COMMERCIAL METALS Co Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 22444 | $8.0M | $81K | 99:1 | 2024 |
| 9 | Worthington Enterprises, Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 108516 | $5.7M | $61K | 94:1 | 2024 |
| 10 | Century Aluminum Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 949157 | $7.2M | $89K | 81:1 | 2025 |
| 11 | Matthews International Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 63296 | $5.7M | $74K | 77:1 | 2025 |
| 12 | Kaiser Aluminum Corp Latest filing FY2021 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 811596 | $5.5M | $73K | 75:1 | 2021 |
| 13 | Quanex Building Products CORP SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1423221 | $3.6M | $49K | 74:1 | 2025 |
| 14 | Titan International Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 899751 | $2.5M | $36K | 69:1 | 2025 |
| 15 | Carpenter Technology Corp Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 17843 | $7.4M | $107K | 69:1 | 2023 |
| 16 | Gibraltar Industries, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 912562 | $4.8M | $75K | 63:1 | 2025 |
| 17 | Worthington Steel, Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1968487 | $5.3M | $86K | 62:1 | 2024 |
| 18 | Alcoa Corp Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1675149 | $5.9M | $99K | 59:1 | 2023 |
| 19 | Metallus Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1598428 | $5.9M | $108K | 54:1 | 2025 |
| 20 | Insteel Industries Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 764401 | $3.4M | $75K | 46:1 | 2025 |
| 21 | NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1001385 | $3.5M | $77K | 45:1 | 2025 |
| 22 | Tredegar Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 850429 | $969K | $65K | 15:1 | 2025 |
| 23 | Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 931584 | $1.1M | $76K | 9:1 | 2023 |
| 24 | SunCoke Energy, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1514705 | $330K | $110K | 3:1 | 2025 |
| 25 | Haynes International Inc Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 858655 | $78K | $78K | 1:1 | 2022 |
Latest filing: 11 of the 25 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 Primary Metals benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Primary Metals median CEO pay $4.2M sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries (#58 of 63 by dollars). Open Mueller Industries 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.