Cisco Systems (CSCO) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Charles H. Robbins, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $52.8M in fiscal 2025, up 35% from $39.2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 298:1, on median employee pay of $177,115.

Filed
October 28, 2025
Annual meeting
December 16, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$52.8M+35% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
298:1median $177,115
CEO pay in equity
87%$45.9M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
77%of votes cast
CEO stock awards
$45,870,690Largest current compensation component
CEO actually paid
$94,076,610Pay-versus-performance measure
FY25 revenue
$56.7 billionUp 5% year-over-year
Stockholder engagement
61%Shares outstanding represented

How Robbins was paid

$52.8M 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.

Salary3%Stock awards87%Non-equity incentive10%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Charles H. RobbinsChair and Chief Executive Officer$52,838,751
R. Scott HerrenFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$24,293,618
Jeetu PatelPresident and Chief Product Officer$25,687,435
Dev StahlkopfExecutive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer$15,826,734
Thimaya SubaiyaExecutive Vice President, Operations$14,738,615
Gary SteeleFormer President, Go-to-Market$32,833,555

What changed and why

  • $52.8M$52,838,751: CEO total compensation in fiscal 2025, versus $39,202,654 in fiscal 2024.
  • $5M$5,000,000: Gary Steele received a fiscal 2025 bonus.
  • Fiscal 2025 PRSUs introduced a three-year operating income goal instead of annual operating goals.
  • Fiscal 2025 EIP goals changed from revenue and operating income to revenue and profit before taxes.
  • Fiscal 2025 PRSUs capped the relative TSR modifier at target when absolute TSR is negative.
  • 77%77% of votes supported last year’s say-on-pay proposal.

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.