The Idiot Index
Executive Extraction in Transportation · FY 2023
25 of 30 companies · highest first- 1572.3× CEO / median workerverified
- 2436.1× CEO / median workerverified
- 3395.9× CEO / median workerverified
- 4352.5× CEO / median workerverified
- 5335.6× CEO / median workerverified
- 6288.4× CEO / median workerverified
- 7229.2× CEO / median workerverified
- 8212.0× CEO / median workerverified
- 9170.0× CEO / median workerverified
- 10155.5× CEO / median workerverified
Not yet covered (5)
These companies are in the Transportation 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
- Transportation
- Methodology version
- v1.0.0
Applied to airlines, parcel delivery, freight rail, and trucking. COGS captures fuel, crew, equipment maintenance, and direct operations. Capital intensity is high (fleets, terminals, networks); Operational Markup is the load-bearing signal because pure Markup ignores the depreciation and SG&A required to keep the network running. Labor Share is closely watched in this sector — most transport firms are unionized.
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).