Executive Compensation Tracker

Executive Compensation Tracker extracts CEO salary, bonus, equity awards, and total compensation from SEC DEF 14A annual proxy filings — including the mandatory CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio that all US public companies must disclose. Data comes directly from SEC EDGAR with no subscription required, covering every US-listed public company.

Use it to benchmark executive pay, research governance issues, build ESG datasets, or screen for companies with extreme pay practices.

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Why use Executive Compensation Tracker?

1. ESG / governance screening — Screen companies by pay ratio or total CEO compensation to identify governance red flags (e.g., CEO pay > 500× median worker) for ESG funds or activist campaigns.
2. Executive pay benchmarking — Compare CEO compensation across sector peers to assess whether a target company's pay practices are in line with the market.
3. Activist investor research — High CEO pay ratios and low shareholder returns are a common activist target thesis. Screen for misaligned pay packages.
4. Proxy voting preparation — Build a dataset of Say-on-Pay votes and compensation structures ahead of annual meeting season.
5. Journalism and academic research — The DEF 14A is the authoritative source for executive compensation disclosure — this actor makes it programmatically accessible at scale.

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How to use

1. Open the actor on Apify Store and click Try for free.
2. Paste company names into companies (e.g. "Apple,Microsoft,Amazon").
3. Set daysBack to define your search window (default 365 days covers the full annual proxy cycle).
4. Enable enrichDetails to fetch the full proxy document and extract structured compensation data.
5. Click Start. Results are structured compensation records per filing.

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
companies	string	""	Comma-separated company names (e.g. "Apple,Microsoft,Amazon")
daysBack	number	365	How far back to search SEC EDGAR DEF 14A filings
enrichDetails	boolean	true	Fetch and parse the full proxy document to extract compensation figures
minCeoCompM	number	0	Minimum CEO total compensation in millions USD (0 = no filter)
maxResults	number	25	Maximum proxy filings to return

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Output

{
  "entity_name": "Apple Inc.",
  "fiscal_year": "2025",
  "filing_date": "2026-01-10",
  "ceo_total_compensation": 63208000,
  "base_salary": 3000000,
  "annual_bonus": 12000000,
  "stock_awards": 46000000,
  "option_awards": 0,
  "pay_ratio": "1053:1",
  "executives_mentioned": ["Tim Cook", "Luca Maestri", "Jeff Williams"],
  "filing_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/..."
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
entity_name	string	Company name from SEC EDGAR
fiscal_year	string	Fiscal year the compensation covers
filing_date	string	Proxy filing date (YYYY-MM-DD)
ceo_total_compensation	float	CEO total direct compensation in USD
base_salary	float	CEO base salary in USD
annual_bonus	float	Annual cash incentive / non-equity bonus
stock_awards	float	RSU and equity award grant value
option_awards	float	Stock option grant value
pay_ratio	string	CEO-to-median-worker ratio (e.g. "312:1")
executives_mentioned	string[]	Named Executive Officers in the proxy
filing_url	string	URL to the SEC EDGAR filing

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CEO pay ratio — what it means

The CEO pay ratio is mandatory disclosure under Dodd-Frank Section 953(b), required since fiscal year 2018. It compares:

• CEO annual total compensation (as defined in the Summary Compensation Table)
• Median annual total compensation of all other employees (excluding CEO)

High ratios (>500:1) are common in retail, fast food, and large tech. Lower ratios are typical in financial services and professional services.

Sector	Typical CEO pay ratio
Fast food / retail	500–1,500:1
Large tech	200–600:1
Financial services	100–300:1
Small/mid-cap industrials	50–150:1

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Cost estimation

Pay-Per-Event: $0.005 per actor start + $0.05 per proxy filing returned.

The $0.05/filing reflects the cost of fetching and parsing the full DEF 14A proxy document (often 50–150 pages of dense text).

Use case	Filings	Estimated cost
Fortune 50 CEOs (enriched)	50	~$2.50/run
S&P 500 sector (100 companies)	100	~$5.00/run
Specific 5 companies	5	~$0.25/run
Annual benchmark update	500	~$25.00/run

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FAQ

Does it cover all named executive officers, or just the CEO? The actor extracts the CEO-level data (total comp, pay ratio) and returns the list of all named executive officers (executives_mentioned). Granular per-executive comp tables require additional parsing of the Summary Compensation Table.

How often are DEF 14A filings updated? DEF 14A is an annual filing, typically filed 120 days after fiscal year end. Apple's fiscal year ends September 30, so the proxy is filed ~January. Most calendar-year companies file March–May.

Is enrichDetails: false useful? Without enrichment, you get the filing metadata (company name, date, URL) but not the compensation figures. Useful for building a list of which companies filed proxies recently, without fetching each document.

What if a company doesn't disclose a pay ratio? Companies with fewer than 100 employees are exempt from pay ratio disclosure. In these cases, pay_ratio will be null.

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Related actors

• SEC Enforcement Actions Tracker — Regulatory actions that often precede governance scrutiny
• Activist Investor Tracker — High pay ratios are common activist targets
• M&A Deals Tracker — Executive change-of-control provisions appear in merger proxies

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