Hotels & Lodging CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 70. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Las Vegas Sands Corp at 774:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 281:1
- Average pay ratio
- 297:1
- Median CEO pay
- $13.9M
- Companies tracked
- 14
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Hotels & Lodging sits at #8 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #6 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (14 FY2025 filers, median 281:1 / $13.9M).
Ranked just above: Food Stores (282:1). Just below: Motion Pictures (255:1). Inside this SIC, Las Vegas Sands Corp currently leads the in-page company list at 774:1.
- Median ratio
- 281:1
- #8 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $13.9M
- #6 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 14
- FY2025 SIC 70
Ratio bands inside Hotels & Lodging
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 14 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 70. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Hotels & Lodging vs all SIC-2 industries
Hotels & Lodging is #8 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (89th percentile). Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 281:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 70
FY2021–2025 cohort medians; changes compare adjacent years and are not inflation-adjusted.
- Latest median ratio
- 281:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- +161:1
- from FY2024 121:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- -0.4%
- $13.9M latest
- Filer count YoY
- 0
- 14 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 425:1 | - | $12.0M | - | 12 |
| 2022 | 252:1 | -173:1 | $9.7M | -18% | 15 |
| 2023 | 203:1 | -50:1 | $10.7M | +9.5% | 16 |
| 2024 | 121:1 | -82:1 | $13.9M | +30% | 14 |
| 2025 | 281:1 | +161:1 | $13.9M | -0.4% | 14 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 70 (Hotels & Lodging), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Higher-third median CEO pay
Hotels & Lodging in the higher-ratio third
Hotels & Lodging median CEO pay $13.9M sits in the top third of SIC-2 industries (#6 of 63 by dollars). Hotels & Lodging (SIC 70) posts a higher-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 281:1 across 14 FY2025 SEC filers.
Inside this hotter-ratio band, the 25th percentile CEO earned $7.9M while the 75th earned $22.4M - firm size and equity packages still drive wide spreads. When the average (297:1) and median (281:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
17 Hotels & Lodging companies below ; each company page sets its filing against this median.
Companies in Hotels & Lodging (17 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1692412 | $6.9M | $8K | 900:1 | 2023 |
| 2 | Las Vegas Sands Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1300514 | $31.1M | $40K | 774:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | PENN Entertainment, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 921738 | $24.1M | $44K | 550:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1585689 | $27.7M | $50K | 549:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | MGM Resorts International SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 789570 | $25.3M | $47K | 542:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Boyd Gaming Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 906553 | $14.2M | $38K | 375:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Caesars Entertainment, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1590895 | $17.2M | $58K | 297:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | Red Rock Resorts, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1653653 | $13.3M | $47K | 283:1 | 2025 |
| 9 | Travel & Leisure Co. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1361658 | $16.0M | $57K | 279:1 | 2025 |
| 10 | Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. Latest filing FY2021 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1674168 | $8.9M | $43K | 208:1 | 2021 |
| 11 | Target Hospitality Corp. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1712189 | $7.2M | $44K | 163:1 | 2025 |
| 12 | Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1722684 | $13.6M | $97K | 140:1 | 2025 |
| 13 | Civeo Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1590584 | $3.7M | $57K | 66:1 | 2025 |
| 14 | Monarch Casino & Resort Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 907242 | $3.5M | $57K | 62:1 | 2025 |
| 15 | Bally's Corp Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1747079 | $2.3M | $42K | 54:1 | 2024 |
| 16 | Century Casinos Inc /Co/ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 911147 | $1.2M | $33K | 37:1 | 2025 |
| 17 | Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1617406 | $9.7M | $278K | 35:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 3 of the 17 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 Hotels & Lodging benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
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