Nucor: Pay

Nucor paid its 5 named executives $36.3M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Leon J. Topalian was paid $14.9M of that.

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Leon J. TopalianChair, President and CEO
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)
FY2019 (Dec)
6 years
Stephen D. LaxtonChief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
4 years
David A. SumoskiChief Operating Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)
FY2019 (Dec)
6 years
Daniel R. NeedhamExecutive Vice President
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
4 years
K. Rex QueryExecutive Vice President
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
4 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 14 peers with pay on file was $18.2M. The CEO of Nucor was paid $14.9M, 18% below the median.

  1. 1Deere & Co
  2. 2Trane Technologies
  3. 3General Dynamics
  4. 4Emerson Electric
  5. 5Textron
  6. 63M
  7. 7Parker-Hannifin
  8. 8Caterpillar
  9. 9Illinois Tool Works
  10. 10Nucor
  11. 11PPG Industries
  12. 12Freeport-Mcmoran
  13. 13Paccar
  14. 14Steel Dynamics
  15. 15Eaton Corp
  16. 16Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.Not disclosed
  17. 17CumminsNot disclosed
  18. 18Danaher CorporationNot disclosed
  19. 19Honeywell InternationalNot disclosed
  20. 20International Paper CompanyNot disclosed
  21. 21Northrop Grumman CorporationNot disclosed
  22. 22United States Steel CorporationNot disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.