Building Materials Retail CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 52. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Tractor Supply Co /de/ at 1,324:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 364:1
- Average pay ratio
- 494:1
- Median CEO pay
- $16.2M
- Companies tracked
- 6
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Building Materials Retail sits at #6 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #4 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (6 FY2025 filers, median 364:1 / $16.2M).
Ranked just above: Eating & Drinking Places (425:1). Just below: Food Stores (282:1). Inside this SIC, Tractor Supply Co /de/ currently leads the in-page company list at 1,324:1.
- Median ratio
- 364:1
- #6 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $16.2M
- #4 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 6
- FY2025 SIC 52
Ratio bands inside Building Materials Retail
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 5 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 52. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Building Materials Retail vs all SIC-2 industries
Building Materials Retail is #6 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (92nd percentile). Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 364:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 52
FY2021–2025 cohort medians; changes compare adjacent years and are not inflation-adjusted.
- Latest median ratio
- 364:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- +79:1
- from FY2024 285:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +31%
- $16.2M latest
- Filer count YoY
- 0
- 6 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 216:1 | - | $7.6M | - | 7 |
| 2022 | 217:1 | +1:1 | $5.9M | -23% | 9 |
| 2023 | 399:1 | +182:1 | $12.9M | +120% | 8 |
| 2024 | 285:1 | -114:1 | $12.4M | -3.9% | 6 |
| 2025 | 364:1 | +79:1 | $16.2M | +31% | 6 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 52 (Building Materials Retail), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Higher-third median CEO pay
Building Materials Retail in the higher-ratio third
Building Materials Retail median CEO pay $16.2M sits in the top third of SIC-2 industries (#4 of 63 by dollars). Building Materials Retail (SIC 52) posts a higher-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 364:1 across 6 FY2025 SEC filers.
Inside this hotter-ratio band, the 25th percentile CEO earned $10.7M while the 75th earned $21.6M - firm size and equity packages still drive wide spreads. When the average (494:1) and median (364:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
9 Building Materials Retail companies below ; each company page sets its filing against this median.
Companies in Building Materials Retail (9 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tractor Supply Co /de/ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 916365 | $32.3M | $24K | 1,324:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Lowes Companies Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 60667 | $21.6M | $37K | 578:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | Home Depot, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 354950 | $16.2M | $38K | 427:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1507079 | $10.7M | $36K | 300:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Sherwin Williams Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 89800 | - | - | 248:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Builders FirstSource, Inc. Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1316835 | $8.1M | $69K | 118:1 | 2023 |
| 7 | Fastenal Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 815556 | $4.2M | $47K | 88:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | LL Flooring Holdings, Inc. Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1396033 | $2.0M | $45K | 45:1 | 2022 |
| 9 | GrowGeneration Corp. Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1604868 | $1.3M | $41K | 32:1 | 2023 |
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 Building Materials Retail benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
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