Worthington Enterprises (WOR) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Joseph B. Hayek, President & Chief Executive Officer, was paid $4.3M in fiscal 2025, down 23% from $5.7M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 94:1, on median employee pay of $61,000.

Filed
August 13, 2025
Annual meeting
September 23, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$4.3M-23% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
94:1median $61,000
CEO pay in equity
29%$1.3M in awards
Hayek annualized CEO salary
$725,000Effective November 1, 2024
Hayek annual incentive bonus
$560,000
Hayek performance award
$1,111,500
Rose fiscal 2025 total
$4,267,443Former CEO
Maximum Hayek stock awards
$629,800Assuming maximum performance

How Hayek was paid

$4.3M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary15%Bonus40%Stock awards4%Option awards26%Non-equity incentive13%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Joseph B. HayekPresident & Chief Executive Officer$4,338,066
Colin J. SouzaVice President & Chief Financial Officer$973,610
Patrick J. KennedyVice President, General Counsel & Secretary$1,749,867
Steven M. CaravatiPresident, Consumer Products$1,458,601
James R. BowesPresident, Building Products$1,137,359
B. Andrew RoseFormer President & Chief Executive Officer$4,267,443

What changed and why

  • $4.3M$4,338,066 was CEO Hayek’s fiscal 2025 total, down from $5,665,727 in fiscal 2024.
  • $725K$725,000 became Hayek’s annualized CEO salary after his November 1, 2024 promotion.
  • $1.1M$1,111,500 was Hayek’s fiscal 2025 performance award, alongside a $560,000 annual incentive bonus.
  • $4.3M$4,267,443 was former CEO Rose’s fiscal 2025 total after retiring November 1, 2024.
  • $61,00094:1 was the fiscal 2025 CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, based on median compensation of $61,000.
  • 90%Over 90% of votes excluding broker non-votes supported executive compensation at the 2024 annual meeting.

Other Worthington Enterprises proxy statements

  • 2026 proxy statement

    Joseph B. Hayek paid $5.2M (+20% on the year), pay ratio 84:1.

    Filed Aug 13, 2026

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.