{
 "updated": "2026-09-07",
 "benchmark": {
  "sp500Average2025": 312,
  "source": "AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch, company pay ratios 2026 (excludes Tesla)",
  "url": "https://aflcio.org/paywatch/company-pay-ratios"
 },
 "schema": "Each figure carries a status: verified (from a primary filing), calculated (arithmetic on verified figures), estimate, or proposal (a Rebecca Ledger model, not a prediction).",
 "companies": [
  {
   "slug": "starbucks",
   "name": "Starbucks",
   "ticker": "SBUX",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2025",
   "ratio": 1794,
   "ratioStatus": "calculated",
   "ratioCalc": "$30,992,773 \u00f7 $17,279 = 1,794",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Brian Niccol",
    "pay": 30992773,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 17279,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "a part-time US barista"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 345580,
    "freed": 30647193,
    "medianSalaries": 1774,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 0,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "The prior year, counting a sign-on stock grant, the disclosed gap was 6,666 to 1 \u2014 the widest in the S&P 500. The median here is not annualized: Starbucks' workforce is heavily part-time, which lowers the denominator.",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "January 2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=SBUX&type=DEF+14A&dateb=&owner=include&count=40",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": false
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "genesco",
   "name": "Genesco",
   "ticker": "GCO",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2026",
   "ratio": 1149,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$4,444,023 \u00f7 $3,867 = 1,149",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Mimi E. Vaughn",
    "pay": 4444023,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 3867,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "a part-time hourly retail store employee"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 77340,
    "freed": 4366683,
    "medianSalaries": 1129,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 0,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "Genesco states plainly that it did not annualize pay for employees who worked less than the full year. A $3,867 median is a part-time, partial-year figure, not a full-time wage. It is the company's own disclosed number and its own disclosed ratio.",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEFC 14A",
    "filed": "June 2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000018498/000119312526271251/gco-20260615.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "walmart",
   "name": "Walmart",
   "ticker": "WMT",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2026",
   "ratio": 958,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$29,240,930 \u00f7 $30,520 = 958",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Doug McMillon",
    "pay": 29240930,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 30520,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "Walmart's SEC-identified median associate"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 610400,
    "freed": 28630530,
    "medianSalaries": 938,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 1,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "Walmart employs roughly 2.1 million people worldwide.",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "April 2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=WMT&type=DEF+14A&dateb=&owner=include&count=40",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": false
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "nike",
   "name": "Nike",
   "ticker": "NKE",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2026",
   "ratio": 746,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$36,340,876 \u00f7 $48,695 = 746",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Elliott Hill",
    "pay": 36340876,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 48695,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "a retail worker in the United Kingdom"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 973900,
    "freed": 35366976,
    "medianSalaries": 726,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 7,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "Nike's median employee is identified in its own filing as a UK retail worker.",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "July 2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=NKE&type=DEF+14A&dateb=&owner=include&count=40",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": false
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "apple",
   "name": "Apple",
   "ticker": "AAPL",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2025",
   "ratio": 533,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$74,294,811 \u00f7 $139,483 = 533",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Tim Cook",
    "pay": 74294811,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 139483,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "Apple's SEC-identified median employee"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 2789660,
    "freed": 71505151,
    "medianSalaries": 513,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 16,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "Apple's median is high because the count is dominated by corporate and engineering staff. Retail specialists report $22\u201334/hour, roughly $46\u201370k full-time \u2014 Apple does not publish retail pay. Tim Cook stepped down as CEO on September 1, 2026; the next proxy will show a different figure.",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "January 2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=AAPL&type=DEF+14A&dateb=&owner=include&count=40",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": false
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "coty",
   "name": "Coty",
   "ticker": "COTY",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2025",
   "ratio": 412,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$19,691,333 \u00f7 $47,840 = 412",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Sue Nabi",
    "pay": 19691333,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 47840,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "median across 36 countries, all employee types"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 956800,
    "freed": 18734533,
    "medianSalaries": 392,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 23,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEFR 14A",
    "filed": "September 2025",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430525000058/coty-20250929.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "cloudflare",
   "name": "Cloudflare",
   "ticker": "NET",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2025",
   "ratio": 387,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$60,551,052 \u00f7 $156,306 = 387",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Matthew Prince",
    "pay": 60551052,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 156306,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "global median, all employee types"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 3126120,
    "freed": 57424932,
    "medianSalaries": 367,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 24,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "",
   "source": {
    "form": "10-K/A",
    "filed": "2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001477333/000147733326000026/cloud-20251231.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "medtronic",
   "name": "Medtronic",
   "ticker": "MDT",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2026",
   "ratio": 303,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$22,940,252 \u00f7 $75,587 = 303",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Geoffrey Martha",
    "pay": 22940252,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 75587,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "worldwide median employee"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 1511740,
    "freed": 21428512,
    "medianSalaries": 283,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 31,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "August 2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001613103/000161310326000010/mdt-20260816.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "salesforce",
   "name": "Salesforce",
   "ticker": "CRM",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2026",
   "ratio": 296,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$49,379,252 \u00f7 $166,753 = 296",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Marc Benioff",
    "pay": 49379252,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 166753,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "global median, employed as of Nov 1 2025"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 3335060,
    "freed": 46044192,
    "medianSalaries": 276,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 31,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "Down from 308 to 1 the prior year.",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "April 2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108524/000110852426000085/crm-20260416.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "constellation-brands",
   "name": "Constellation Brands",
   "ticker": "STZ",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2026",
   "ratio": 293,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$14,209,126 \u00f7 $48,558 = 293",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Bill Newlands",
    "pay": 14209126,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 48558,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "median of 8,292 employees, all types"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 971160,
    "freed": 13237966,
    "medianSalaries": 273,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 31,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "June 2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000016918/000001691826000023/stz-20260603.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "costco",
   "name": "Costco",
   "ticker": "COST",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2024",
   "ratio": 262,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$12,229,741 \u00f7 $47,092 = 260",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Ron Vachris",
    "pay": 12229741,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 47092,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "Costco's SEC-identified median employee"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 941840,
    "freed": 11287901,
    "medianSalaries": 240,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 34,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "Same industry as Walmart, roughly a quarter of the ratio, and a median worker paid about $16,500 more. Vachris started as a forklift driver at Price Club. This is the latest ratio confirmed from a primary filing; fiscal 2025 will be updated when verified.",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "December 2024",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=COST&type=DEF+14A&dateb=&owner=include&count=40",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": false
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "electronic-arts",
   "name": "Electronic Arts",
   "ticker": "EA",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2025",
   "ratio": 260,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$30,529,835 \u00f7 $117,302 = 260",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Andrew Wilson",
    "pay": 30529835,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 117302,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "worldwide payroll median"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 2346040,
    "freed": 28183795,
    "medianSalaries": 240,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 34,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "2025",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000130817925000556/ea014143-def14a.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "public-storage",
   "name": "Public Storage",
   "ticker": "PSA",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2025",
   "ratio": 255,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$9,909,777 \u00f7 $38,819 = 255",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Joseph D. Russell, Jr.",
    "pay": 9909777,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 38819,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "an hourly on-site property manager"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 776380,
    "freed": 9133397,
    "medianSalaries": 235,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 35,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "Public Storage discloses the split: about 84% of its 5,767 employees work on-site with a median of $35,994; the ~6% who manage them have a median of $128,184.",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "March 2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1393311/000119312526128991/psa-20260325.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "news-corp",
   "name": "News Corp",
   "ticker": "NWSA",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2025",
   "ratio": 221,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$20,623,729 \u00f7 $93,321 = 221",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Robert Thomson",
    "pay": 20623729,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 93321,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "median of ~26,000 employees worldwide"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 1866420,
    "freed": 18757309,
    "medianSalaries": 201,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 39,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "2025",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000114036125037696/ny20055386x3_def14a.pdf",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "lovesac",
   "name": "Lovesac",
   "ticker": "LOVE",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2026",
   "ratio": 218,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$4,955,340 \u00f7 $22,725 = 218",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Shawn Nelson",
    "pay": 4955340,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 22725,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "a part-time hourly associate at $19.36/hour"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 454500,
    "freed": 4500840,
    "medianSalaries": 198,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 39,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "Lovesac names the cause directly in its filing: a retail model built largely on part-time roles pulls the median down and the ratio up.",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001701758/000130817926000324/love015445-def14a.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "pseg",
   "name": "PSEG",
   "ticker": "PEG",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2025",
   "ratio": 79,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$13,866,735 \u00f7 $174,510 = 79",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Ralph Izzo",
    "pay": 13866735,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 174510,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "median employee of a unionized utility workforce"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 3490200,
    "freed": 10376535,
    "medianSalaries": 59,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 65,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "Included as a contrast. Same country, same disclosure rules, a fraction of the gap \u2014 a skilled, largely unionized workforce with few part-time roles.",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "March 2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788784/000119312526104270/peg-20260310.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "everest-group",
   "name": "Everest Group",
   "ticker": "EG",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2025",
   "ratio": 49,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$8,952,500 \u00f7 $187,057 = 48",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Jim Williamson",
    "pay": 8952500,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 187057,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "median across all Everest locations"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 3741140,
    "freed": 5211360,
    "medianSalaries": 28,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 77,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "April 2026",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095073/000162828026024596/eg-20260406.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  },
  {
   "slug": "cantaloupe",
   "name": "Cantaloupe",
   "ticker": "CTLP",
   "country": "US",
   "fiscalYear": "2025",
   "ratio": 12,
   "ratioStatus": "verified",
   "ratioCalc": "$957,707 \u00f7 $80,000 = 12",
   "ceo": {
    "name": "Ravi Venkatesan",
    "pay": 957707,
    "status": "verified"
   },
   "median": {
    "pay": 80000,
    "status": "verified",
    "note": "median employee, cash compensation basis"
   },
   "model20": {
    "cap": 1600000,
    "freed": -642293,
    "medianSalaries": -8,
    "status": "proposal"
   },
   "payFairness": 100,
   "ownership": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "buybacks": {
    "status": "insufficient"
   },
   "note": "The lowest ratio on the ledger. A small company, but it shows the floor of what is possible under identical rules.",
   "source": {
    "form": "DEF 14A",
    "filed": "October 2025",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896429/000162828025044777/ctlp-20251010.htm",
    "retrieved": "2026-09-07",
    "exact": true
   }
  }
 ]
}