John Deere CEO John May's 2021 pay jumps 28% to $20M
John Deere reports 2021 executive compensation
By ExecPay News
Published: January 7, 2022
John Deere reported fiscal year 2021 executive compensation information on January 7, 2022.
In 2021, five John Deere executives received on average a compensation package of $9.2M, a 18% increase compared to previous year.
John C. May, Chief Executive Officer, received $20M in total, which increased by 28% compared to 2020. 40% of May's compensation, or $8.1M, was in non-equity incentive plan. May also received $742K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $3.3M in option awards, $1.4M in salary, $6M in stock awards, as well as $396K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2021, the median employee pay was $82,240 at John Deere. Therefore, the ratio of John C. May's pay to the median employee pay was 242 to one.
Marc A. Howze, Chief Administrative Officer, received a compensation package of $6.8M. 46% of the compensation package, or $3.1M, was in non-equity incentive plan.
Ryan D. Campbell, Chief Financial Officer, earned $6.7M in 2021, a 20% increase compared to previous year.
Cory J. Reed, President, Worldwide Agriculture & Turf Division, Production & Precision Agriculture, Americas and Australia, received $6.4M in 2021, which increases by 4% compared to 2020.
Rajesh Kalathur, President, John Deere Financial and Chief Information Officer, earned $6.3M in 2021, a 3% decrease compared to previous year.
John Deere's fiscal year ends on October 31.
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