Transportation Equipment CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 37. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Aptiv PLC at 1,894:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 166:1
- Average pay ratio
- 265:1
- Median CEO pay
- $8.4M
- Companies tracked
- 41
Data updated August 2026
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Transportation Equipment sits at #16 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #28 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (41 FY2025 filers, median 166:1 / $8.4M).
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Median-ratio rank #16 of 63 is not median-CEO-pay rank #28 of 63. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, Aptiv PLC currently leads the in-page company list at 1,894:1.
- Median ratio
- 166:1
- #16 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $8.4M
- #28 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 41
- FY2025 SIC 37
Ratio bands inside Transportation Equipment
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 35 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 37. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Transportation Equipment vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #16 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (76th percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 166:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 37
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
- 166:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -11:1
- from FY2024 177:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +9.5%
- $8.4M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -4
- 41 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 149:1 | - | $7.3M | - | 44 |
| 2022 | 116:1 | -33:1 | $6.4M | -13% | 52 |
| 2023 | 166:1 | +51:1 | $7.3M | +14% | 50 |
| 2024 | 177:1 | +11:1 | $7.7M | +5.9% | 45 |
| 2025 | 166:1 | -11:1 | $8.4M | +9.5% | 41 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 37 (Transportation Equipment), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Heavy industry filer count
Transportation Equipment in the higher-ratio third
41 FY2025 DEF 14A filers put Transportation Equipment in the heaviest third of SIC-2 volumes. Transportation Equipment (SIC 37) posts a higher-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 166:1 across 41 FY2025 SEC filers.
Inside this hotter-ratio band, the 25th percentile CEO earned $5.5M while the 75th earned $13.1M - firm size and equity packages still drive wide spreads. The 265:1 average sits well above the 166:1 median, so a few very-high-pay CEOs are pulling the mean; the median is the fairer yardstick.
Below: each of the 64 Transportation 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 Transportation Equipment (64 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aptiv PLC SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1521332 | $19.3M | $10K | 1,894:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Gentherm Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 903129 | $118K | $11K | 1,221:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | Adient plc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1670541 | $13.1M | $19K | 694:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Visteon Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1111335 | $16.8M | $28K | 590:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 943452 | $26.2M | $51K | 509:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Phinia Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1968915 | - | - | 502:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Greenbrier Companies Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 923120 | $7.7M | $20K | 384:1 | 2024 |
| 8 | TransDigm Group INC SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1260221 | $25.2M | $68K | 369:1 | 2025 |
| 9 | Borgwarner Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 908255 | $15.6M | $48K | 326:1 | 2025 |
| 10 | Autoliv Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1034670 | - | - | 303:1 | 2025 |
| 11 | General Motors Co Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1467858 | $27.8M | $92K | 303:1 | 2023 |
| 12 | Ford Motor Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 37996 | $27.5M | $93K | 295:1 | 2025 |
| 13 | Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1320461 | $5.2M | $18K | 284:1 | 2025 |
| 14 | Polaris Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 931015 | $11.1M | $40K | 279:1 | 2025 |
| 15 | Fox Factory Holding Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1424929 | $8.2M | $31K | 262:1 | 2025 |
| 16 | Motorcar Parts Of America Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 918251 | $3.2M | $13K | 244:1 | 2024 |
| 17 | Honeywell International Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 773840 | - | - | 239:1 | 2025 |
| 18 | Trinity Industries Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 99780 | $7.5M | $34K | 220:1 | 2025 |
| 19 | Patrick Industries Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 76605 | $10.1M | $47K | 215:1 | 2025 |
| 20 | Dauch Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1062231 | $11.5M | $54K | 212:1 | 2025 |
| 21 | Heico Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 46619 | $13.0M | $62K | 211:1 | 2025 |
| 22 | RTX Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 101829 | $24.9M | $120K | 207:1 | 2025 |
| 23 | Thor Industries Inc Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 730263 | $10.6M | $56K | 188:1 | 2023 |
| 24 | Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1364885 | $11.5M | $66K | 174:1 | 2024 |
| 25 | Textron Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 217346 | $19.6M | $115K | 171:1 | 2024 |
Latest filing: 6 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 Transportation 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). 39 additional Transportation Equipment issuers are on company pages and the national rankings · browse all.
41 FY2025 DEF 14A filers put Transportation Equipment in the heaviest third of SIC-2 volumes. Open Aptiv PLC 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.