Auto Dealers & Gas Stations CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 55. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Murphy USA Inc. at 601:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 168:1
- Average pay ratio
- 201:1
- Median CEO pay
- $10.2M
- Companies tracked
- 11
Data updated August 2026
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Auto Dealers & Gas Stations sits at #14 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #17 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (11 FY2025 filers, median 168:1 / $10.2M).
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Median-ratio rank #14 of 63 is not median-CEO-pay rank #17 of 63. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, Murphy USA Inc. currently leads the in-page company list at 601:1.
- Median ratio
- 168:1
- #14 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $10.2M
- #17 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 11
- FY2025 SIC 55
Ratio bands inside Auto Dealers & Gas Stations
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 10 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 55. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Auto Dealers & Gas Stations vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #14 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (79th percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 168:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 55
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
- 168:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- +51:1
- from FY2024 117:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +17%
- $10.2M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -5
- 11 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 177:1 | - | $8.5M | - | 16 |
| 2022 | 148:1 | -29:1 | $8.5M | -0.2% | 17 |
| 2023 | 137:1 | -11:1 | $8.1M | -4.3% | 17 |
| 2024 | 117:1 | -20:1 | $8.7M | +7.7% | 16 |
| 2025 | 168:1 | +51:1 | $10.2M | +17% | 11 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 55 (Auto Dealers & Gas Stations), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Higher-third median pay ratio
Auto Dealers & Gas Stations in the higher-ratio third
Auto Dealers & Gas Stations sits in the top third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (168:1; #14 of 63). Auto Dealers & Gas Stations (SIC 55) posts a higher-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 168:1 across 11 FY2025 SEC filers.
Inside this hotter-ratio band, the 25th percentile CEO earned $8.9M while the 75th earned $11.6M - firm size and equity packages still drive wide spreads. When the average (201:1) and median (168:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
Below: each of the 19 Auto Dealers & Gas Stations 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 Auto Dealers & Gas Stations (19 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murphy USA Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1573516 | $11.8M | $20K | 601:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Caseys General Stores Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 726958 | $10.7M | $18K | 589:1 | 2024 |
| 3 | Advance Auto Parts Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1158449 | $9.1M | $25K | 358:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Autozone Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 866787 | $9.6M | $29K | 331:1 | 2024 |
| 5 | Lithia Motors Inc Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1023128 | $19.3M | $59K | 327:1 | 2023 |
| 6 | Carmax Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1170010 | $18.5M | $58K | 318:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Group 1 Automotive Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1031203 | $11.1M | $54K | 204:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | OPENLANE, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1395942 | $10.2M | $53K | 191:1 | 2025 |
| 9 | Sonic Automotive Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1043509 | $11.8M | $70K | 168:1 | 2025 |
| 10 | O Reilly Automotive Inc Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 898173 | $5.5M | $35K | 157:1 | 2022 |
| 11 | Penske Automotive Group, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1019849 | $8.8M | $60K | 147:1 | 2025 |
| 12 | Rush Enterprises Inc \tx\ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1012019 | $10.2M | $79K | 129:1 | 2025 |
| 13 | CarParts.com, Inc. Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1378950 | $4.1M | $35K | 116:1 | 2023 |
| 14 | Marinemax Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1057060 | - | - | 95:1 | 2025 |
| 15 | OneWater Marine Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1772921 | $3.8M | $67K | 56:1 | 2024 |
| 16 | Copart Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 900075 | $2.1M | $45K | 46:1 | 2024 |
| 17 | Americas Carmart Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 799850 | $1.6M | $53K | 29:1 | 2024 |
| 18 | Asbury Automotive Group Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1144980 | $140K | $70K | 2:1 | 2025 |
| 19 | Camping World Holdings, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1669779 | $114K | $57K | 2:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 8 of the 19 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 Auto Dealers & Gas Stations benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Auto Dealers & Gas Stations sits in the top third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (168:1; #14 of 63). Open Murphy USA 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.