First Financial Bankshares (FFIN) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

F. Scott Dueser, Chairman and CEO, was paid $3.4M in 2025, down 6% from $3.6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 62:1, on median employee pay of $54,000.

Filed
March 6, 2026
Annual meeting
April 28, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$3.4M-6% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
62:1median $54,000
CEO pay in equity
27%$899,967 in awards
CEO Target Bonus
$1,084,500Target cash incentive for 2025
CEO Stock Awards
$899,967Granted in 2025
Median Employee Pay
$54,000Annual total compensation
CEO Pay Ratio
62:1CEO to median employee pay

How Dueser was paid

$3.4M 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.

Salary36%Stock awards27%Non-equity incentive28%Pension and deferred comp7%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
F. Scott DueserChairman and CEO$3,356,547
David W. BaileyPresident$1,422,140
Michelle S. HickoxEVP/CFO$1,506,730
Ronald D. Butler, IIEVP/CAO$1,530,520
T. Luke LonghoferChief Credit Officer$978,403

What changed and why

  • $3.4MCEO total compensation decreased to $3,356,547 in 2025 from $3,552,000 in 2024.
  • Performance stock units vest based on earnings growth and return on assets relative to peers.
  • $54,000The CEO to median employee pay ratio was 62 to 1 based on median employee pay of $54,000.

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.