James A. Squires

2021

In 2021, James A. Squires earned a total compensation of $14M as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Norfolk Southern, a 1% decrease compared to previous year.

Compensation breakdown

Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings$755,664
Non-Equity Incentive Plan$3,465,000
Option Awards$1,295,418
Salary$1,100,000
Stock Awards$7,338,120
Other$62,740
Total$14,016,942

Squires received $7.3M in stock awards, accounting for 52% of the total pay in 2021.

Squires also received $755.7K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $3.5M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.3M in option awards, $1.1M in salary and $62.7K in other compensation.

Rankings

In 2021, James A. Squires' compensation ranked 620th out of 12,415 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Squires earned more than 95.0% of executives.

ClassificationRankingPercentile
All
620
out of 12,415
95th
Division
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services
44
out of 683
94th
Major group
Railroad Transportation
2
out of 10
80th
Industry group
Railroads
2
out of 10
80th
Industry
Railroads, Line-Haul Operating
2
out of 10
80th

Pay ratio

James A. Squires' Pay$14,016,942
Median Employee's Pay$99,945
Pay Ratio

140

to 1

In 2021, the annual total compensation of James A. Squires was $14,016,942.

The annual total compensation of the median employee at Norfolk Southern was $99,945.

The ratio of James A. Squires' pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 140 to one.

Source: SEC filing on March 31, 2022.

Squires' colleagues

We found four more compensation records of executives who worked with James A. Squires at Norfolk Southern in 2021.

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Alan Shaw

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Cynthia Sanborn

Norfolk Southern

Chief Operating Officer

2021

Ann Adams

Norfolk Southern

Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer

2021

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