Paylocity Holding (PCTY) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Toby J. Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $18M in fiscal 2025, up 22% from $14.7M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 164:1, on median employee pay of $110,302.

Filed
October 23, 2025
Annual meeting
December 4, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$18M+22% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
164:1median $110,302
CEO pay in equity
90%$16.3M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
96%of votes cast
CEO target bonus
100% of base salaryFiscal 2025 target
Say-on-pay support
95.5%2025 Annual Meeting
CEO maximum PSU value
$10,156,400Fiscal 2025 grant
CEO maximum MSU value
$7,094,138Fiscal 2025 grant

How Williams was paid

$18M 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.

Salary4%Stock awards90%Non-equity incentive5%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Toby J. WilliamsPresident and Chief Executive Officer$18,044,482
Steven R. BeauchampExecutive Chairman and Former Co-Chief Executive Officer$3,044,516
Ryan GlennChief Financial Officer$6,306,968
Joshua ScuttSenior Vice President of Sales$5,139,236
Melissa KingSenior Vice President of Product and Technology$4,261,415
Andrew CappotelliSenior Vice President of Operations$3,124,855

What changed and why

  • $18M2025 CEO total compensation was $18,044,482, up from $14,737,065 in 2024.
  • $3MAugust 5, 2024: Williams became CEO while Beauchamp became Executive Chairman, reducing Beauchamp’s 2025 total compensation to $3,044,516.
  • $16.3M$16,319,530 of Williams’s compensation was stock-based awards, with PSUs tied to Recurring and other revenue targets.
  • 100%100% of Williams’s fiscal 2025 base salary was his annual bonus target; actual non-equity incentive compensation was $951,471.
  • $110K164:1 was the CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, based on median employee compensation of $110,302.
  • 95.5%95.5% of votes supported the prior year’s say-on-pay proposal.

Other Paylocity Holding proxy statements

  • 2026 proxy statement

    Toby J. Williams paid $23.5M (+30% on the year), pay ratio 228:1.

    Filed Oct 22, 2026

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.