General Merchandise Stores CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 53. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Five Below, Inc at 1,807:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 767:1
- Average pay ratio
- 874:1
- Median CEO pay
- $14.4M
- Companies tracked
- 8
Data updated August 2026
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General Merchandise Stores sits at #1 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #5 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (8 FY2025 filers, median 767:1 / $14.4M).
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Median-ratio rank #1 of 63 is not median-CEO-pay rank #5 of 63. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, Five Below, Inc currently leads the in-page company list at 1,807:1.
- Median ratio
- 767:1
- #1 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $14.4M
- #5 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 8
- FY2025 SIC 53
Ratio bands inside General Merchandise Stores
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 8 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 53. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
General Merchandise Stores vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #1 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (100th percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 767:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 53
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
- 767:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- +214:1
- from FY2024 553:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +4.9%
- $14.4M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -2
- 8 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 775:1 | - | $10.2M | - | 8 |
| 2022 | 819:1 | +44:1 | $12.5M | +23% | 12 |
| 2023 | 422:1 | -397:1 | $10.9M | -13% | 11 |
| 2024 | 553:1 | +131:1 | $13.8M | +27% | 10 |
| 2025 | 767:1 | +214:1 | $14.4M | +4.9% | 8 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 53 (General Merchandise Stores), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Higher-third median pay ratio
General Merchandise Stores in the higher-ratio third
General Merchandise Stores sits in the top third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (767:1; #1 of 63). General Merchandise Stores (SIC 53) posts a higher-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 767:1 across 8 FY2025 SEC filers.
Inside this hotter-ratio band, the 25th percentile CEO earned $10.5M while the 75th earned $16.8M - firm size and equity packages still drive wide spreads. When the average (874:1) and median (767:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
Below: each of the 12 General Merchandise Stores 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 General Merchandise Stores (12 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five Below, Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1177609 | $10.8M | $6K | 1,807:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Burlington Stores, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1579298 | $17.1M | $11K | 1,584:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | Walmart Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 104169 | $29.2M | $31K | 958:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Dollar Tree, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 935703 | $14.8M | $16K | 911:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Pricesmart Inc Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1041803 | $9.4M | $12K | 804:1 | 2022 |
| 6 | Former Bl Stores Inc Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 768835 | $7.8M | $10K | 788:1 | 2023 |
| 7 | BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1531152 | $16.7M | $27K | 622:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | KOHLS Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 885639 | $9.4M | $16K | 593:1 | 2025 |
| 9 | Macy's, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 794367 | $14.1M | $38K | 368:1 | 2025 |
| 10 | Costco Wholesale Corp /new Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 909832 | $13.9M | $49K | 283:1 | 2024 |
| 11 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1639300 | $5.1M | $35K | 146:1 | 2025 |
| 12 | Dillard's, Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 28917 | $4.9M | $37K | 132:1 | 2024 |
Latest filing: 4 of the 12 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 General Merchandise Stores benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
General Merchandise Stores sits in the top third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (767:1; #1 of 63). Open Five Below, 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.