James A. Squires

2019

In 2019, James A. Squires earned a total compensation of $16.6M as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Norfolk Southern, a 17% increase compared to previous year.

Compensation breakdown

Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings$6,184,152
Non-Equity Incentive Plan$1,200,375
Option Awards$1,177,650
Salary$1,100,000
Stock Awards$6,671,681
Other$302,816
Total$16,636,674

Squires received $6.7M in stock awards, accounting for 40% of the total pay in 2019.

Squires also received $6.2M of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $1.2M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.2M in option awards, $1.1M in salary and $302.8K in other compensation.

Rankings

In 2019, James A. Squires' compensation ranked 272nd out of 13,971 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Squires earned more than 98.1% of executives.

ClassificationRankingPercentile
All
272
out of 13,971
98th
Division
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services
36
out of 895
96th
Major group
Railroad Transportation
1
out of 24
96th
Industry group
Railroads
1
out of 24
96th
Industry
Railroads, Line-Haul Operating
1
out of 24
96th

Pay ratio

James A. Squires' Pay$16,636,674
Median Employee's Pay$108,348
Pay Ratio

154

to 1

In 2019, the annual total compensation of James A. Squires was $16,636,674.

The annual total compensation of the median employee at Norfolk Southern was $108,348.

The ratio of James A. Squires' pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 154 to one.

Source: SEC filing on March 27, 2020.

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