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Nike

746times · chief executive pay ÷ median employee pay verified

It would take Nike's median employee 746 years to earn what its chief executive earned in one. That is above the 312 to 1 average across the S&P 500 in 2025.

Median employeea retail worker in the United Kingdom

$48,695

A 20 to 1 capRebecca Ledger model

$973,900

Elliott Hillchief executive, fiscal 2026

$36,340,876

Nike's median employee is identified in its own filing as a UK retail worker.

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Source: Nike, SEC Form DEF 14A, filed July 2026 — open this company's SEC filing list
Chief executive total compensation verified: $36,340,876 — Elliott Hill, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table
Median employee total compensation verified: $48,695 — a retail worker in the United Kingdom
Ratio verified: $36,340,876 ÷ $48,695 = 746. This ratio is disclosed by the company itself in the filing.
Retrieved: 2026-09-07
Methodology caution: SEC rules let each company choose how it identifies its median employee — whether part-time and seasonal pay is annualized, which countries are included. Ratios are exact within a company and approximate between companies. Full methodology.

The numbers

$36,340,876

Chief executive verified

Elliott Hill, fiscal 2026 total compensation

$48,695

Median employee verified

a retail worker in the United Kingdom

746:1

Ratio verified

S&P 500 average is 312:1

Pay Fairness score calculated

0–100, from the ratio alone. Formula

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Employee ownership insufficient data

Not disclosed. No company on the ledger yet publishes what share of its stock is held by rank-and-file employees. That silence is itself the finding.

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What 20 to 1 would look like proposal

This is a Rebecca Ledger model, not a prediction and not something the company has said or done. It caps chief-executive pay at twenty times this company's own median employee, and changes nothing else.

Chief executive today verified	$36,340,876
Under a 20× cap proposal	$973,900 (20 × $48,695)
Difference calculated	$35,366,976
What the difference equals calculated	about 726 more employees paid at this company's own median

The arithmetic is the whole model: one year of the difference, divided by one median salary. It assumes nothing about taxes, share price, or whether the company would do it. It is meant to make a large number legible, not to predict a decision.

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