Automatic Data Processing (ADP) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Maria Black, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $19.1M in fiscal 2025, up 21% from $15.9M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 284:1, on median employee pay of $67,434.

Filed
September 25, 2025
Annual meeting
November 12, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$19.1M+21% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
284:1median $67,434
CEO pay in equity
77%$14.8M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
90%of votes cast
CEO stock awards
$14,791,040Largest CEO pay component
CEO incentive pay
$2,621,800Annual cash incentive
Ayala severance salary
$191,200Salary continuance
Ayala pro-rata bonus
$921,500Paid upon termination

How Black was paid

$19.1M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary6%Stock awards77%Non-equity incentive14%Pension and deferred comp0%All other compensation3%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Maria BlackPresident and Chief Executive Officer$19,137,192
Don McGuireCorporate Officer and Former Chief Financial Officer$7,238,955
Michael A. BonartiChief Administrative Officer$5,719,515
Joseph DeSilvaEVP, North America and Chief of Operations$5,309,081
Sreeni KutamPresident, Global Product Innovation$5,023,345
John C. AyalaFormer Chief Operating Officer$6,742,344

What changed and why

  • $19.1M$19,137,192 was Maria Black's 2025 total compensation versus $15,866,785 in 2024.
  • $14.8M$14,791,040 in stock awards represented Maria Black's largest 2025 compensation component.
  • PSU performance goals were linked to adjusted net income and revenue ex-ZMPT, with a relative TSR modifier.
  • $122K$121,817 represented the company's incremental cost of Maria Black's personal aircraft travel.
  • $922K$921,500 was John C. Ayala's pro-rata fiscal 2025 bonus paid upon qualifying termination.
  • $67,434284:1 was the fiscal 2025 CEO-to-median-associate pay ratio, based on median compensation of $67,434.

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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.