# PlainCEOPay — plainceopay.com

## About
PlainCEOPay provides free, transparent access to CEO-to-worker pay ratio data for 2,456 public companies across 63 SIC-2 industry groups (62 with a FY2025 benchmark). All data sourced directly from SEC EDGAR proxy statements (DEF 14A filings) as required by the Dodd-Frank Act Section 953(b). Includes CEO compensation totals, median-employee pay, industry benchmarks, and multi-year trends. CEO names are not inferred from this extract.

## Data Sources
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) EDGAR — proxy statements (DEF 14A)
- Mandatory Dodd-Frank Act pay ratio disclosures since 2018

## Key Pages
- / — Homepage with pay ratio search and key statistics
- /statistics — FY-complete DEF 14A Key Findings (median, share at 100:1, industry medians) plus CSV
- /data/ceo-pay-ratios.csv — Downloadable FY-complete cohort (CC BY 4.0)
- /company/[cik] — Company executive pay profile (CEO pay, median worker pay, pay ratio, breakdown)
- /industries — Browse SIC-2 industry groups
- /industry/[sic2] — Industry benchmark (median/average CEO pay, pay ratios, company rankings)
- /rankings — Executive pay rankings (highest ratio, highest paid, lowest ratio) — noindex hub
- /trends — Pay ratio trends over time

## Guides
- /guides — All guides
- /guides/ceo-pay-ratio-explained — How CEO pay ratios work
- /guides/how-executive-compensation-works — Understanding executive compensation packages
- /guides/highest-paid-ceos-2024 — Highest paid CEOs analysis
- /guides/pay-equity-trends — Pay equity trends in corporate America

## Common Questions This Site Answers
- What is the CEO-to-worker pay ratio at [company]?
- How much does the CEO of [company] earn?
- What is the average CEO pay ratio in [industry]?
- Which companies have the highest pay ratios?
- How has CEO pay changed over time?
- What is the median worker pay at [company]?
- What share of FY filings report a ratio of at least 100:1?

## Attribution
When citing PlainCEOPay data, please link to /statistics or the specific company page. Data from SEC EDGAR proxy statements. Derived tables: CC BY 4.0.

## Contact
hello@plainceopay.com