Depository Institutions CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 60. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Wells Fargo & Company/mn at 1,152:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 43:1
- Average pay ratio
- 73:1
- Median CEO pay
- $3.0M
- Companies tracked
- 136
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Depository Institutions sits at #62 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #63 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (136 FY2025 filers, median 43:1 / $3.0M).
Ranked just above: Special Trade Construction (46:1). Just below: Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (42:1). Inside this SIC, Wells Fargo & Company/mn currently leads the in-page company list at 1,152:1.
- Median ratio
- 43:1
- #62 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $3.0M
- #63 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 136
- FY2025 SIC 60
Ratio bands inside Depository Institutions
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 124 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 60. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Depository Institutions vs all SIC-2 industries
Depository Institutions is #62 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (3rd percentile). Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 43:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 60
FY2021–2025 cohort medians; changes compare adjacent years and are not inflation-adjusted.
- Latest median ratio
- 43:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- +6.5:1
- from FY2024 36:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +3%
- $3.0M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -12
- 136 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43:1 | - | $2.7M | - | 135 |
| 2022 | 43:1 | -0.5:1 | $2.6M | -2.9% | 154 |
| 2023 | 33:1 | -10:1 | $2.4M | -8.4% | 154 |
| 2024 | 36:1 | +3.5:1 | $2.9M | +20% | 148 |
| 2025 | 43:1 | +6.5:1 | $3.0M | +3% | 136 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 60 (Depository Institutions), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Lower-third median CEO pay
Depository Institutions in the lower-ratio third
Depository Institutions median CEO pay $3.0M sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries (#63 of 63 by dollars). Depository Institutions (SIC 60) posts a lower-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 43:1 across 136 FY2025 SEC filers.
Even in the lower-ratio third, the 25th percentile CEO earned $1.4M while the 75th earned $6.0M. The 73:1 average sits well above the 43:1 median, so a few very-high-pay CEOs are pulling the mean; the median is the fairer yardstick.
191 Depository Institutions companies below ; each company page sets its filing against this median.
Companies in Depository Institutions (191 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wells Fargo & Company/mn SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 72971 | $94.5M | $82K | 1,152:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1390777 | $83.5M | $82K | 1,018:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | State Street Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 93751 | $19.5M | $43K | 449:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Jpmorgan Chase & Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 19617 | $40.6M | $112K | 363:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Bank Of America Corp /de/ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 70858 | $33.7M | $124K | 272:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Nicolet Bankshares Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1174850 | $15.0M | $56K | 267:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Pnc Financial Services Group, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 713676 | $29.5M | $131K | 226:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | Citizens Financial Group Inc/ri SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 759944 | $12.5M | $81K | 155:1 | 2025 |
| 9 | Fifth Third Bancorp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 35527 | $11.1M | $76K | 146:1 | 2025 |
| 10 | Farmers & Merchants Bancorp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1085913 | - | - | 144:1 | 2025 |
| 11 | M&t Bank Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 36270 | $12.0M | $83K | 144:1 | 2025 |
| 12 | Truist Financial Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 92230 | $14.3M | $105K | 137:1 | 2025 |
| 13 | Huntington Bancshares Inc /md/ Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 49196 | $10.0M | $74K | 136:1 | 2024 |
| 14 | Northern Trust Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 73124 | $10.1M | $74K | 136:1 | 2025 |
| 15 | Keycorp /new/ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 91576 | $11.6M | $91K | 127:1 | 2025 |
| 16 | Regions Financial Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1281761 | $7.1M | $60K | 118:1 | 2025 |
| 17 | Dime Community Bancshares Inc Latest filing FY2021 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1005409 | $9.7M | $82K | 118:1 | 2021 |
| 18 | Western Alliance Bancorporation SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1212545 | $10.9M | $99K | 110:1 | 2025 |
| 19 | Popular, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 763901 | $5.7M | $56K | 102:1 | 2025 |
| 20 | Cullen/frost Bankers, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 39263 | - | - | 99:1 | 2025 |
| 21 | Umb Financial Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 101382 | $8.7M | $89K | 98:1 | 2025 |
| 22 | Park National Corp /oh/ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 805676 | $3.0M | $30K | 98:1 | 2025 |
| 23 | United Bankshares Inc/wv Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 729986 | $5.5M | $57K | 97:1 | 2024 |
| 24 | Fnb Corp/pa/ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 37808 | $8.5M | $89K | 95:1 | 2025 |
| 25 | United Community Banks Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 857855 | $6.2M | $65K | 95:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 3 of the 25 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 Depository Institutions 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). 166 additional Depository Institutions issuers are on company pages and the national rankings · browse all.
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