Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Largest US Food Companies' 2020 Median of the Medians Total Employee Compensation Was a Modest $44,263

From a review of US SEC filings and the Google Finance website, there are 15 US Food Companies with Stock Market Caps above $10 bil recently that disclosed their Median Employee Total Pay and Employee Benefits Compensation for 2020.

From Company Proxy Statements filed with the SEC, the below table shows the Median Total Employee Pay and Benefits of each of these 15 largest US Food Companies for annual 2020.  The majority of these Companies have not yet filed their Annual Proxy Statements with the SEC related to annual 2021 Employee Compensation.


The reason Bunge's median pay is so low is because that median pay person worked in the very low wage country of Brazil.  The US-only employee median pay is a substantially higher $56,746.

J.M. Smucker is basically a US-only company with 97% of its Worldwide Total Assets located in the US.

77% of General Mills' Worldwide Land, Buildings and Equipment was located in the US.

Archer Daniels Midland 's US-only Median pay is a much higher $92,411.

Campbell Soup is basically a US-only Company with more than 99% of its Worldwide Total Long-lived Assets located in the US.