Addus HomeCare (ADUS) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

R. Dirk Allison, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $12.2M in 2025, up 120% from $5.5M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 753:1, on median employee pay of $16,198.

Filed
April 23, 2026
Annual meeting
June 10, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$12.2M+120% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
753:1median $16,198
CEO pay in equity
80%$9.8M in awards
CEO Target Bonus
$1,100,000Non-equity incentive plan target
Median Employee Pay
$16,198Annual total compensation
Pay Ratio
753:1CEO to median employee
New COO Sign-on Bonus
$1,500,000Heather Dixon sign-on bonus

How Allison was paid

$12.2M 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.

Salary9%Stock awards80%Non-equity incentive11%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
R. Dirk AllisonChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$12,190,449
Heather DixonPresident and Chief Operating Officer$5,211,640
Brian PoffEVP, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer$5,682,162
Darby AndersonEVP, Chief Government Relations Officer$1,377,860
Sean GaffneyEVP, Chief Legal Officer$1,314,721
W. Bradley BickhamFormer President and Chief Operating Officer$2,889,911

What changed and why

  • $12.2MCEO total compensation increased to $12,190,449 in 2025 compared to $5,549,980 in 2024.
  • Heather Dixon was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer effective September 15, 2025.
  • W. Bradley Bickham transitioned to Advisor to the CEO in September 2025.
  • FW Cook served as the independent compensation consultant to the Compensation Committee for 2025.
  • The 2025 CEO to median employee pay ratio was determined to be 753:1.

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.