Energy Recovery (ERII) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

David W. Moon, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $3.2M in 2025, down 14% from $3.7M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 18:1, on median employee pay of $105,831.

Filed
April 21, 2026
Annual meeting
June 4, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$3.2M-14% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
18:1median $105,831
CEO pay in equity
81%$2.6M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
86%of votes cast
CEO Target Bonus
$615,833Estimated future payout under non-equity incentive plan
Median Employee Pay
$105,831Annual total compensation for fiscal year 2025

How Moon was paid

$3.2M 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.

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
David W. MoonPresident and Chief Executive Officer$3,222,147
Michael S. ManciniChief Financial Officer$1,530,908
Rodney ClementeSenior Vice President, Water$1,519,882
Natarajan RamananChief Technology Officer$1,348,475
William W. YeungChief Legal Officer$1,159,715

What changed and why

  • $3.2MCEO total compensation decreased to $3,222,147 in fiscal year 2025 from $3,745,638 in 2024.
  • $2.6MStock awards for the CEO totaled $2,599,996 for the year.
  • 86.1%Say-on-pay received 86.1% support at the prior annual meeting.
  • $106KThe CEO to median employee pay ratio was 18.14 to 1 based on median employee pay of $105,831.

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.