Pfizer (PFE) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

A. Bourla, Chairman and CEO, was paid $27.6M in fiscal 2025, up 12% from $24.6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 277:1, on median employee pay of $99,631.

Filed
March 12, 2026
Annual meeting
April 23, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$27.6M+12% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
277:1median $99,631
CEO pay in equity
65%$18M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
55%of votes cast
2025 Total Revenues
$62.6BReflects operational decline of 2%
Shareholder Dividends
$9.8BReturned via quarterly dividends
R&D Investment
$10.4BInvested in internal R&D projects
CEO Pay Ratio
277:1Compared to median employee

How Bourla was paid

$27.6M 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.

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
A. BourlaChairman and CEO$27,585,301
D. DentonCFO, EVP$9,670,182
C. BoshoffChief Scientific Officer and President, Research & Development$10,006,039
A. MalikChief U.S. Commercial Officer, EVP$9,429,227
D. LanklerChief Legal Officer, EVP$9,106,276

What changed and why

  • $27.6MChief Executive Officer Albert Bourla received a total compensation of $27,585,301 for fiscal 2025.
  • $62.6BTotal revenues for full-year 2025 were $62.6 billion compared with $63.6 billion previously.
  • 54.7%The say-on-pay advisory vote support dropped to 54.7% in 2025, prompting extensive shareholder engagement.
  • $9.8BPfizer returned $9.8 billion to shareholders via quarterly dividends in 2025.
  • $600MThe company achieved approximately $600 million in net cost savings through its manufacturing optimization program.

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.