James J. Volker
2015
In 2015, James J. Volker earned a total compensation of $9M as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Whiting Petroleum, a 29% decrease compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $500,000 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $800,000 |
| Stock Awards | $7,695,000 |
| Other | $2,292 |
| Total | $8,997,292 |
Volker received $7.7M in stock awards, accounting for 86% of the total pay in 2015.
Volker also received $500K in non-equity incentive plan, $800K in salary and $2.3K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2015, James J. Volker's compensation ranked 634th out of 13,638 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Volker earned more than 95.4% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 634 out of 13,638 | 95th |
Division Mining | 21 out of 612 | 97th |
Major group Oil And Gas Extraction | 18 out of 450 | 96th |
Industry group Crude Petroleum And Natural Gas | 13 out of 304 | 96th |
Industry Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas | 13 out of 304 | 96th |
Source: SEC filing on March 20, 2017.
Volker's colleagues
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