Cynthia M. Sanborn

2021 - Norfolk Southern

In 2021, Cynthia M. Sanborn earned a total compensation of $4.1M as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Norfolk Southern, a 41% increase compared to previous year.

Compensation breakdown

Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings$172,236
Non-Equity Incentive Plan$1,134,000
Option Awards$321,824
Salary$600,000
Stock Awards$1,823,048
Other$10,881
Total$4,061,989

Sanborn received $1.8M in stock awards, accounting for 45% of the total pay in 2021.

Sanborn also received $172.2K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $1.1M in non-equity incentive plan, $321.8K in option awards, $600K in salary and $10.9K in other compensation.

Rankings

In 2021, Cynthia M. Sanborn's compensation ranked 3,302nd out of 12,405 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Sanborn earned more than 73.4% of executives.

ClassificationRankingPercentile
All
3,302
out of 12,405
73rd
Division
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services
215
out of 683
69th
Major group
Railroad Transportation
5
out of 10
50th
Industry group
Railroads
5
out of 10
50th
Industry
Railroads, Line-Haul Operating
5
out of 10
50th

Pay ratio

Cynthia M. Sanborn's Pay$4,061,989
Median Employee's Pay$99,945
Pay Ratio

41

to 1

In 2021, the annual total compensation of Cynthia M. Sanborn was $4,061,989.

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

The ratio of Cynthia M. Sanborn's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 41 to one.

Source: SEC filing on March 31, 2022.

Sanborn's colleagues

We found four more compensation records of executives who worked with Cynthia M. Sanborn at Norfolk Southern in 2021.

2021

James Squires

Norfolk Southern

Chief Executive Officer

2021

Alan Shaw

Norfolk Southern

President

2021

Ann Adams

Norfolk Southern

Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer

2021

Mark George

Norfolk Southern

Chief Financial Officer

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