RXO (RXO) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Drew Wilkerson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $7.6M in 2025, down 1% from $7.7M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 127:1, on median employee pay of $59,558.

Filed
March 30, 2026
Annual meeting
May 12, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
3
CEO total pay
$7.6M-1% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
127:1median $59,558
CEO pay in equity
84%$6.3M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
95%of votes cast
Annualized expense savings
$155 millionAchieved through cost-cutting and synergies
Managed Transportation pipeline
$1.4 billionAs of December 31, 2025
Brokerage sales pipeline increase
50%Increase in late stage pipeline year-over-year

How Wilkerson was paid

$7.6M 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.

Salary9%Stock awards84%Non-equity incentive7%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Drew WilkersonChairman and Chief Executive Officer$7,589,549
Jamie HarrisChief Financial Officer$2,496,048
Jeff FirestoneChief Legal Officer$1,893,629

What changed and why

  • $7.6MDrew Wilkerson received total compensation of $7,589,549 for fiscal year 2025, representing a slight decrease from the prior year.
  • RXO achieved scale for significant growth through the acquisition of Coyote Logistics while navigating a soft freight market.
  • $155MLeadership actions achieved more than $155 million of annualized expense savings across multiple cost-cutting initiatives.
  • 95%In 2025, the say-on-pay advisory vote received more than 95% approval from stockholders.
  • $6.3MStock awards granted to the CEO in 2025 totaled $6,339,646, consisting of performance-based RSUs and time-based RSUs.

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.