James A. Squires

2018

In 2018, James A. Squires earned a total compensation of $14.3M as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Norfolk Southern, a 20% increase compared to previous year.

Compensation breakdown

Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings$2,957,616
Non-Equity Incentive Plan$2,833,875
Option Awards$1,087,536
Salary$1,100,000
Stock Awards$6,162,974
Other$129,984
Total$14,271,985

Squires received $6.2M in stock awards, accounting for 43% of the total pay in 2018.

Squires also received $3M of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $2.8M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.1M in option awards, $1.1M in salary and $130K in other compensation.

Rankings

In 2018, James A. Squires' compensation ranked 348th out of 14,244 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Squires earned more than 97.6% of executives.

ClassificationRankingPercentile
All
348
out of 14,244
98th
Division
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services
46
out of 918
95th
Major group
Railroad Transportation
1
out of 28
96th
Industry group
Railroads
1
out of 28
96th
Industry
Railroads, Line-Haul Operating
1
out of 28
96th

Pay ratio

James A. Squires' Pay$14,271,985
Median Employee's Pay$98,477
Pay Ratio

145

to 1

In 2018, the annual total compensation of James A. Squires was $14,271,985.

The annual total compensation of the median employee at Norfolk Southern was $98,477.

The ratio of James A. Squires' pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 145 to one.

Source: SEC filing on March 29, 2019.

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