SkyWest CEO Russell Childs' 2021 pay slips 3% to $3.3M
SkyWest reports 2021 executive compensation
By ExecPay News
Published: March 24, 2022
SkyWest reported fiscal year 2021 executive compensation information on March 24, 2022.
In 2021, five SkyWest executives received on average a compensation package of $1.6M, a 11% increase compared to previous year.
Russell A. Childs, Chief Executive Officer, received $3.3M in total, which decreased by 3% compared to 2020. 71% of Childs' compensation, or $2.3M, was in stock awards. Childs also received $285K in non-equity incentive plan, $500K in salary, as well as $174K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2021, the median employee pay was $42,138 at SkyWest. Therefore, the ratio of Russell A. Childs' pay to the median employee pay was 77 to one.
Robert J. Simmons, Chief Financial Officer, received a compensation package of $1.6M, which increased by 5% compared to previous year. 50% of the compensation package, or $800K, was in stock awards.
Wade J. Steel, Chief Commercial Officer, earned $1.6M in 2021, a 3% increase compared to previous year.
Greg S. Wooley, Executive Vice President Operations, received $946K in 2021, which increases by 67% compared to 2020.
Eric J. Woodward, Chief Accounting Officer, earned $682K in 2021, which is about the same as previous year.