The Idiot Index

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Executive ExtractionApplied to fabless and integrated semiconductor companies. COGS captures wafer, foundry, packaging, and test costs; Operational Markup is the more cyclically-stable indicator across product cycles.

Executive Extraction in Semiconductor · FY 2023

23 of 34 companies · highest first
  1. 1
    ONonsemi
    CEO earns 1268× the median worker
    sector median 237.8Top 2%
    1268.0
    × CEO / median worker
  2. 2
    ALGMAllegro Microsystems
    CEO earns 673× the median worker
    sector median 237.8Top 7%
    672.6
    × CEO / median worker
  3. 3
    SWKSSkyworks
    CEO earns 532× the median worker
    sector median 237.8Top 11%
    531.8
    × CEO / median worker
  4. 4
    ADIAnalog Devices
    CEO earns 527× the median worker
    sector median 237.8Top 15%
    527.5
    × CEO / median worker
  5. 5
    AVGOBroadcom
    CEO earns 510× the median worker
    sector median 237.8Top 20%
    510.2
    × CEO / median worker
  6. 6
    LRCXLam Research
    CEO earns 361× the median worker
    sector median 237.8Top 24%
    361.1
    × CEO / median worker
  7. 7
    DIODDiodes
    CEO earns 341× the median worker
    sector median 237.8Median range
    340.6
    × CEO / median worker
  8. 8
    NXPINXP
    CEO earns 341× the median worker
    sector median 237.8Median range
    340.6
    × CEO / median worker
  9. 9
    MPWRMonolithic Power
    CEO earns 296× the median worker
    sector median 237.8Median range
    295.9
    × CEO / median worker
  10. 10
    AMATApplied Materials
    CEO earns 277× the median worker
    sector median 237.8Median range
    277.2
    × CEO / median worker

Not yet covered (11)

These companies are in the Semiconductor cohort but don't have a Executive Extraction computed for FY 2023. Either the underlying inputs aren't tagged in their XBRL filings, the DEF 14A pay-ratio narrative didn't parse cleanly, or this fiscal year hasn't been ingested for them yet.

What this measures

Full methodology →

How many times a CEO out-earns the median employee.

Ratio
Executive Extraction
Sector
Semiconductor
Methodology version
v1.0.0
Formula
CEOTotalCompensation / MedianEmployeeCompensation
Sector context

Applied to fabless and integrated semiconductor companies. COGS captures wafer, foundry, packaging, and test costs; Operational Markup is the more cyclically-stable indicator across product cycles.

Required disclosure under Dodd-Frank Section 953(b) since 2018. Filed in DEF 14A proxy statements. The dashboard aggregates the disclosure across the top 50 and ranks.

Source data: CEO total compensation and median employee compensation, both as filed in the company's most recent DEF 14A. When the ratio is XBRL-tagged we use the tagged value; otherwise the narrative disclosure is parsed (~99% accuracy).