The Idiot Index

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Executive ExtractionApplied to regulated electric, gas, and water utilities. COGS captures fuel and purchased power; rates are set by regulators with an allowed return on capital, so Markup is bounded by regulation rather than competition. The interesting indicators in this sector are Labor Share…

Executive Extraction in Utilities · FY 2023

29 of 36 companies · highest first
  1. 1
    SRESempra
    CEO earns 182× the median worker
    sector median 69.08Top 2%
    182.4
    × CEO / median worker
  2. 2
    FEFirstEnergy
    CEO earns 174× the median worker
    sector median 69.08Top 5%
    174.3
    × CEO / median worker
  3. 3
    XELXcel Energy
    CEO earns 151× the median worker
    sector median 69.08Top 9%
    151.1
    × CEO / median worker
  4. 4
    SOSouthern Company
    CEO earns 143× the median worker
    sector median 69.08Top 12%
    143.3
    × CEO / median worker
  5. 5
    ESEversource
    CEO earns 134× the median worker
    sector median 69.08Top 16%
    133.9
    × CEO / median worker
  6. 6
    AEPAmerican Electric Power
    CEO earns 88× the median worker
    sector median 69.08Top 19%
    87.67
    × CEO / median worker
  7. 7
    EXCExelon
    CEO earns 84× the median worker
    sector median 69.08Top 22%
    83.92
    × CEO / median worker
  8. 8
    PEGPSEG
    CEO earns 82× the median worker
    sector median 69.08Median range
    82.13
    × CEO / median worker
  9. 9
    EIXEdison International
    CEO earns 81× the median worker
    sector median 69.08Median range
    81.39
    × CEO / median worker
  10. 10
    AWKAmerican Water Works
    CEO earns 80× the median worker
    sector median 69.08Median range
    79.98
    × CEO / median worker

Not yet covered (7)

These companies are in the Utilities 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

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

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

Applied to regulated electric, gas, and water utilities. COGS captures fuel and purchased power; rates are set by regulators with an allowed return on capital, so Markup is bounded by regulation rather than competition. The interesting indicators in this sector are Labor Share (workforce concentration) and Shareholder Extraction (regulated dividends vs grid investment).

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).