Archer Aviation (ACHR) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Adam Goldstein, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $11.4M in 2025, down 36% from $17.8M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 43:1, on median employee pay of $265,270.

Filed
April 30, 2026
Annual meeting
June 26, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$11.4M-36% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
43:1median $265,270
CEO pay in equity
87%$9.9M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
77%of votes cast
CEO stock awards
$9,897,947Grant date fair value
CEO performance bonus
$750,000Non-equity incentive compensation
2026 individual bonus weighting
30%Reduced from 50%
2026 corporate goal weighting
70%Remaining annual bonus component

How Goldstein was paid

$11.4M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary7%Stock awards87%Non-equity incentive7%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Adam GoldsteinChief Executive Officer$11,397,947
Priya GuptaActing Chief Financial Officer$2,608,740
Eric LentellChief Strategy & Legal Officer$5,637,824
Thomas MunizChief Technology Officer$3,385,044
Tosha PerkinsFormer Chief Administrative Officer$5,664,868
Mark MeslerFormer Chief Financial Officer$3,014,432

What changed and why

  • $11.4M$11,397,947 CEO total compensation in 2025 versus $17,763,000 in 2024.
  • $9.9M$9,897,947 CEO stock awards represented the largest component of 2025 compensation.
  • 2025 bonus payouts were determined strictly by formulaic plan results, without discretionary adjustments.
  • 2025 equity awards combined time-based RSUs and performance-based RSUs for each NEO.
  • 50%2026 individual bonus weighting decreased from 50% to 30%, with 70% tied to corporate goals.
  • $2.3M$2,290,419 of Mark Mesler’s other compensation reflected accelerated RSU vesting accounting expense.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.