James J. Volker
2012
In 2012, James J. Volker earned a total compensation of $8M as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Whiting Petroleum, a 19% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $3,114,957 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $530,000 |
| Salary | $750,000 |
| Stock Awards | $3,575,000 |
| Other | $2,289 |
| Total | $7,972,246 |
Volker received $3.6M in stock awards, accounting for 45% of the total pay in 2012.
Volker also received $3.1M in non-equity incentive plan, $530K in option awards, $750K in salary and $2.3K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2012, James J. Volker's compensation ranked 613th out of 11,487 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Volker earned more than 94.7% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 613 out of 11,487 | 95th |
Division Mining | 33 out of 576 | 94th |
Major group Oil And Gas Extraction | 30 out of 446 | 93rd |
Industry group Crude Petroleum And Natural Gas | 21 out of 302 | 93rd |
Industry Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas | 21 out of 302 | 93rd |
Source: SEC filing on March 24, 2014.
Volker's colleagues
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