WD 40 (WDFC) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Steven A. Brass, CEO, was paid $4.3M in 2025, up 17% from $3.7M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 38:1, on median employee pay of $113,343.

Filed
October 31, 2025
Annual meeting
December 12, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$4.3M+17% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
38:1median $113,343
CEO pay in equity
76%$3.2M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
98%of votes cast
CFO total compensation
$1,369,964
Division president total
$1,205,475Patricia Q. Olsem
Chief people officer total
$1,000,476
Group managing director total
$975,266

How Brass was paid

$4.3M 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.

Salary16%Stock awards76%Non-equity incentive5%All other compensation3%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Steven A. BrassCEO$4,266,899
Sara K. HyzerCFO$1,369,964
Jeffrey G. LindemanChief People Officer$1,000,476
William B. NobleGroup Managing Director$975,266
Patricia Q. OlsemDivision President, Americas$1,205,475

What changed and why

  • $4.3M$4,266,899 CEO total compensation increased from $3,660,174 in 2024.
  • $3.2M$3,242,147 CEO stock awards represented the largest compensation component in 2025.
  • $220K$219,693 CEO incentive compensation fell from $829,340 in 2024.
  • 103.5%103.5% was the MSU achievement level for the three-year period ending August 31, 2025.
  • PSUs granted in 2025 were forfeited because performance did not reach the applicable threshold.
  • 98%98% was the average say-on-pay support from 2011 through 2024.

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.