Sherwin Williams (SHW) CEO pay: $9.3M actually paid in FY2025
$SHW · SHERWIN WILLIAMS COData through FY2025 — latest proxy filed 2026-03-11, checked for new filings 2026-08-21. Every number links to its source.
2.4× the tracked-company median CEO pay ($3.9M).
Pay vs. Performance (Compensation Actually Paid)
What the CEO was actually paid, by fiscal year
A negative figure is not pay returned. Compensation Actually Paid re-values unvested equity every year, so when a stock falls, the write-down on awards granted earlier can exceed everything granted that year. How CAP is calculated
What $100 invested was worth, company vs peer group
Pay-vs-Performance table
| FY | CEO pay on paper | CEO pay actually earned | Other top execs (avg) | Value of $100 invested since FY2020 | Same, peer group since FY2020 | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $14.9M | $9.3M | $2.8M | $138.29 | $128.86 | $2.57B |
| 2024 | $13.0M | $18.1M | $10.3M | $182.70 | $163.96 | $2.68B |
| 2023 | $19.3M | $38.4M | $11.8M | $166.24 | $151.33 | $2.39B |
| 2022 | $12.7M | -$19.7M | -$760,145 | $125.26 | $133.55 | $2.02B |
| 2021 | $15.8M | $48.1M | $8.9M | $184.10 | $171.96 | $1.86B |
| 2020 | $15.3M | $34.3M | $8.2M | $127.05 | $119.46 | $2.03B |
A negative figure is not pay returned. Compensation Actually Paid re-values unvested equity every year, so when a stock falls, the write-down on awards granted earlier can exceed everything granted that year. How CAP is calculated
Frequently asked
How much did the SHW CEO make in 2025?
$9,307,185 in Compensation Actually Paid (CAP) as SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO's CEO (the filing reports this year's PEO pay without tagging which named executive it belongs to), updated 2026-03-11.
What is pay vs. performance (PvP)?
An SEC disclosure (Item 402(v), required since FY2022) linking named-executive pay to company total shareholder return (TSR) over up to 5 years.
What is Compensation Actually Paid (CAP)?
CAP starts from the Summary Compensation Table total and adjusts equity awards to fair value as of each year-end/vesting date, rather than grant-date value — see the glossary entry for the full walk-through.
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