CEO total pay
$21,005,009
William M. Brown · 2025
Say on pay
Not disclosed
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CEO pay ratio
Item 402(u)316 to 1
Median employee: $21,005,009
Compensation committee
CD&ACompensation and Talent Committee
Per the latest proxy
Filings indexed: 2 · 2026 · 2025
Executive pay
What did they pay them?
From the Summary Compensation Table. Pay mix and YoY are computed from these rows.
| Executive | Role | TotalYoY | Pay mix | Salary | Stock | Cash incentive | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William M. Brown2025 compensation | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $21,005,009→ 1% | 88% at-risk | $1,800,000 | $7,753,852 | $3,745,322 | $704,593 |
Anurag Maheshwari2025 compensation | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $7,482,301↓ 25% | 81% at-risk | $1,071,263 | $3,456,678 | $1,529,419 | $349,752 |
Kevin H. Rhodes2025 compensation | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Affairs Officer and Secretary | $6,736,806 | 80% at-risk | $932,531 | $2,355,346 | $997,894 | $98,243 |
Christian T. Goralski2025 compensation | Group President, Safety and Industrial | $5,389,578↓ 8% | 82% at-risk | $804,728 | $2,524,306 | $1,094,414 | $180,967 |
Wendy A. Bauer2025 compensation | Group President, Transportation and Electronics | $5,162,777↓ 11% | 82% at-risk | $828,778 | $2,524,306 | $911,655 | $112,875 |
Pay mix: base cash incentive equity other
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Compensation discussion & analysis
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Peer comparison
Who they benchmark against
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2024 Peer Group
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2025 Peer Group
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CARR · CARRIER GLOBAL CorpCAT · CATERPILLAR INCCL · COLGATE PALMOLIVE COGLW · CORNING INC /NYCMI · CUMMINS INCDE · DEERE & CODOW · DOW INC.DD · DuPont de Nemours, Inc.ETN · Eaton Corp plcECL · ECOLAB INC.EMR · EMERSON ELECTRIC COPKE · PARK AEROSPACE CORPHON · HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCITW · ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INCJCI · Johnson Controls International plcKMB · KIMBERLY CLARK CORPNOC · NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/PH · Parker-Hannifin CorpTEL · TE Connectivity plcTT · Trane Technologies plc
Governance
Policy guardrails
hedging
prohibited
“Prohibition of hedging, pledging, and other actions”
pledging
prohibited
“Prohibition of hedging, pledging, and other actions”
clawback
present
“Clawback policy”
stock ownership guidelines
present
“Stock ownership guidelines”
change in control
payments upon termination or change in control” beginning on page 86 for additional information concerning the benefits
“payments upon termination or change in control” beginning on page 86 for additional information concerning the benefits”
compensation consultant
independent
“independent compensation consultant, FW Cook”
compensation committee
Compensation and Talent Committee
“grant value approved by the Compensation and Talent Committee (and in the case of Mr”
Performance markers
Metric facts
revenue
$10 billion
“to validate the reasonableness of the Peer Group data. For 2025, there were approximately 575 companies represented in these general industry surveys. Although the number and identity of the companies varies from year to…”
operating income
33.3%
“Committee’s determination of 3M’s holistic performance against a set of preestablished objective strategic and sustainability metrics•Payouts cannot exceed 200% of an executive’s weighted-average target annual incentive …”
ceo pay ratio
316 to 1
“amounts include base salary, overtime, incentive payments, stock-based compensation (using the grant‑date fair value of awards granted in 2025, as determined under ASC Topic 718 and excluding estimated forfeitures), chan…”
median employee compensation
$21,005,009
“31, 2025. We did not exclude any employees (whether pursuant to the de minimis exemption for foreign employees or any other permitted exclusion) when making this determination. As determined in accordance with Item 402 o…”
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