Educational Services CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 82. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Laureate Education, Inc. at 1,595:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 83:1
- Average pay ratio
- 293:1
- Median CEO pay
- $5.1M
- Companies tracked
- 7
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Educational Services sits at #46 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #56 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (7 FY2025 filers, median 83:1 / $5.1M).
Ranked just above: Mining (83:1). Just below: Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (80:1). Inside this SIC, Laureate Education, Inc. currently leads the in-page company list at 1,595:1.
- Median ratio
- 83:1
- #46 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $5.1M
- #56 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 7
- FY2025 SIC 82
Ratio bands inside Educational Services
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 7 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 82. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Educational Services vs all SIC-2 industries
Educational Services is #46 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (29th percentile). Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 83:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 82
FY2021–2025 cohort medians; changes compare adjacent years and are not inflation-adjusted.
- Latest median ratio
- 83:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -2.5:1
- from FY2024 86:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +14%
- $5.1M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -3
- 7 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 114:1 | - | $5.6M | - | 10 |
| 2022 | 105:1 | -9.5:1 | $5.2M | -6.8% | 8 |
| 2023 | 86:1 | -19:1 | $4.5M | -15% | 9 |
| 2024 | 86:1 | -0.5:1 | $4.4M | -0.6% | 10 |
| 2025 | 83:1 | -2.5:1 | $5.1M | +14% | 7 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 82 (Educational Services), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Lower-third median CEO pay
Educational Services in the lower-ratio third
Educational Services median CEO pay $5.1M sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries (#56 of 63 by dollars). Educational Services (SIC 82) posts a lower-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 83:1 across 7 FY2025 SEC filers.
Even in the lower-ratio third, the 25th percentile CEO earned $4.0M while the 75th earned $5.4M. The 293:1 average sits well above the 83:1 median, so a few very-high-pay CEOs are pulling the mean; the median is the fairer yardstick.
12 Educational Services companies below ; each company page sets its filing against this median.
Companies in Educational Services (12 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laureate Education, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 912766 | $11.0M | $7K | 1,595:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Stride, Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1157408 | $21.5M | $57K | 377:1 | 2024 |
| 3 | Covista Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 730464 | $17.2M | $51K | 341:1 | 2024 |
| 4 | American Public Education Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1201792 | $5.1M | $35K | 145:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | PERDOCEO EDUCATION Corp Latest filing FY2021 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1046568 | $5.0M | $40K | 124:1 | 2021 |
| 6 | Strategic Education, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1013934 | $5.7M | $59K | 97:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Chegg, Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1364954 | $2.4M | $79K | 83:1 | 2024 |
| 8 | Graham Holdings Co SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 104889 | $4.0M | $48K | 83:1 | 2025 |
| 9 | Universal Technical Institute Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1261654 | $5.1M | $77K | 67:1 | 2025 |
| 10 | Lincoln Educational Services Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1286613 | $4.0M | $65K | 61:1 | 2025 |
| 11 | Udemy, Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1607939 | $5.2M | $156K | 33:1 | 2024 |
| 12 | Grand Canyon Education, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1434588 | $311K | $62K | 5:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 5 of the 12 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 Educational Services benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Open Laureate Education, Inc. for the in-SIC filing next to this median, or compare every SIC on the Industries directory.
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