Industrial Machinery & Equipment CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 35. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: International Business Machines Corp at 765:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 139:1
- Average pay ratio
- 168:1
- Median CEO pay
- $9.4M
- Companies tracked
- 60
Data updated August 2026
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Industrial Machinery & Equipment sits at #22 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #20 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (60 FY2025 filers, median 139:1 / $9.4M).
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Median-ratio rank #22 of 63 is not median-CEO-pay rank #20 of 63. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, International Business Machines Corp currently leads the in-page company list at 765:1.
- Median ratio
- 139:1
- #22 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $9.4M
- #20 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 60
- FY2025 SIC 35
Ratio bands inside Industrial Machinery & Equipment
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 54 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 35. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Industrial Machinery & Equipment vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #22 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (67th percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 139:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 35
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
- 139:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- 0:1
- from FY2024 139:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +1.2%
- $9.4M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -21
- 60 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 142:1 | - | $9.3M | - | 79 |
| 2022 | 141:1 | -1.5:1 | $8.4M | -9.5% | 80 |
| 2023 | 139:1 | -1.5:1 | $9.2M | +9.5% | 78 |
| 2024 | 139:1 | 0:1 | $9.3M | +0.7% | 81 |
| 2025 | 139:1 | 0:1 | $9.4M | +1.2% | 60 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 35 (Industrial Machinery & Equipment), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Heavy industry filer count
Industrial Machinery & Equipment in the heavy-filer third
60 FY2025 DEF 14A filers put Industrial Machinery & Equipment in the heaviest third of SIC-2 volumes. 60 FY2025 filers put Industrial Machinery & Equipment in the heaviest third by raw volume; prefer the 139:1 median ratio when comparing to thinner SICs.
The 25th percentile CEO earned $6.2M while the 75th earned $14.1M - a spread that shows how firm size and equity packages differ inside one SIC. When the average (168:1) and median (139:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
Below: each of the 93 Industrial Machinery & Equipment 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 Industrial Machinery & Equipment (93 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Digital Corp Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 106040 | $11.5M | $9K | 1,321:1 | 2024 |
| 2 | Seagate Technology Holdings plc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1137789 | $17.2M | $20K | 861:1 | 2024 |
| 3 | International Business Machines Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 51143 | $38.0M | $50K | 765:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Apple Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 320193 | $74.3M | $139K | 533:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Palo Alto Networks Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1327567 | $99.8M | $226K | 442:1 | 2024 |
| 6 | Regal Rexnord Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 82811 | - | - | 409:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Johnson Controls International plc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 833444 | $22.6M | $67K | 338:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | DOVER Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 29905 | $18.7M | $56K | 336:1 | 2025 |
| 9 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1645590 | $23.5M | $74K | 316:1 | 2025 |
| 10 | Baker Hughes Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1701605 | $21.3M | $69K | 310:1 | 2025 |
| 11 | Lam Research Corp Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 707549 | $28.3M | $91K | 310:1 | 2024 |
| 12 | nVent Electric plc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1720635 | $13.8M | $45K | 307:1 | 2025 |
| 13 | CARRIER GLOBAL Corp Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1783180 | $13.2M | $43K | 306:1 | 2022 |
| 14 | Cisco Systems, Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 858877 | - | - | 298:1 | 2024 |
| 15 | Hp Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 47217 | $23.1M | $78K | 297:1 | 2025 |
| 16 | Weatherford International plc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1603923 | - | - | 278:1 | 2025 |
| 17 | DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 28823 | $8.7M | $34K | 253:1 | 2025 |
| 18 | Brunswick Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 14930 | $13.0M | $54K | 243:1 | 2025 |
| 19 | Gates Industrial Corp plc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1718512 | - | - | 241:1 | 2025 |
| 20 | Logitech International S.A. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1032975 | $10.5M | $47K | 223:1 | 2024 |
| 21 | Xerox Holdings Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1770450 | $12.6M | $58K | 218:1 | 2025 |
| 22 | Ingersoll Rand Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1699150 | $16.2M | $75K | 215:1 | 2025 |
| 23 | Corsair Gaming, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1743759 | $8.0M | $38K | 210:1 | 2025 |
| 24 | PENTAIR plc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 77360 | $11.4M | $54K | 210:1 | 2025 |
| 25 | Illinois Tool Works Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 49826 | $15.2M | $73K | 208:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 7 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 Industrial Machinery & Equipment benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Showing the top 25 unique CIKs by pay ratio (each issuer's latest filing). 68 additional Industrial Machinery & Equipment issuers are on company pages and the national rankings · browse all.
60 FY2025 DEF 14A filers put Industrial Machinery & Equipment in the heaviest third of SIC-2 volumes. Open International Business Machines 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.