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Adaptive Biotechnologies Executive Compensation (FY25)

ADPT · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Chad Robins
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 5, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Chad Robins: $4,973,301 → $9,081,690 (82.6% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 98.8% → 96.7% (2.1 points lower)

Frequently asked questions

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Who is Adaptive Biotechnologies' chief executive and what were they paid?
Chad Robins was paid $9,081,690 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $4,973,301 reported for fiscal 2024, Robins' total was 82.6% higher.
What was Adaptive Biotechnologies' say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 96.7% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 5, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Adaptive Biotechnologies' peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Allogene Therapeutics, Inc., bluebird bio, Inc., CareDx, Inc., Castle Biosciences, Inc. and Codexis, Inc., among others.
What is Adaptive Biotechnologies' chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 47:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $194,620.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Chad Robins
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Harlan Robins
Chief Scientific Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Julie Rubinstein
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Tycho Peterson
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Sharon Benzeno
Chief Commercial Officer, Immune Medicine
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Kyle Piskel
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Chad Cohen
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Chad Robins
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Harlan Robins
Chief Scientific Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Julie Rubinstein
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Susan Bobulsky
Chief Commercial Officer, MRD
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Kyle Piskel
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Chad Robins
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Harlan Robins
Chief Scientific Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Julie Rubinstein
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Susan Bobulsky
Chief Commercial Officer, MRD
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Kyle Piskel
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Chad Robins
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Harlan Robins
Chief Scientific Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Julie Rubinstein
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Susan Bobulsky
Chief Commercial Officer, MRD
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Kyle Piskel
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Chad RobinsRSU◇——◇——◇
Chad RobinsRSU◇——◇——◇
Harlan RobinsRSU◇——◇——◇
Harlan RobinsRSU◇——◇——◇
Julie RubinsteinRSU◇——◇——◇
Julie RubinsteinRSU◇——◇——◇
Kyle PiskelRSU◇——◇——◇
Kyle PiskelRSU◇——◇——◇
Susan BobulskyRSU◇——◇——◇
Susan BobulskyOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Susan BobulskyRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2022 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Kyle PiskelRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/4/2032
Julie RubinsteinRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/4/2032
Option◇—◇3/6/2033
Chad RobinsRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Susan BobulskyRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/4/2032
Option◇—◇3/6/2033
Option◇—◇3/4/2034
Option◇—◇3/4/2035
Harlan RobinsOption◇—◇3/4/2032
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Chad Robins
Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Harlan Robins
Employment agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Julie Rubinstein
President and Chief Operating Officer · Employment agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Kyle Piskel
Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Susan Bobulsky
Chief Commercial Officer, MRD · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Peter Neupert
Lead independent director
◇◇◇———◇
Michelle Griffin
◇◇◇———◇
Robert Hershberg
◇◇◇———◇
Katey Owen
◇◇◇———◇
Michael Pellini
◇◇◇———◇
Chad Robins served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. ALLO
  • bluebird bio, Inc. BLUE
  • CareDx, Inc. CDNA
  • Castle Biosciences, Inc. CSTL
  • Codexis, Inc. CDXS
  • Fulgent Genetics, Inc. FLGT
  • Guardant Health, Inc. GH
  • Immunocore Holdings plc IMCR
  • Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc. MRVI
  • Mesa Laboratories, Inc. MLAB
  • Myriad Genetics, Inc. MYGN
  • Natera, Inc. NTRA
  • NeoGenomics, Inc. NEO
  • Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. PACB
  • Quanterix Corporation QTRX
  • Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. RXRX
  • Sage Therapeutics, Inc. SAGE
  • Twist Bioscience Corporation TWST
  • Veracyte, Inc. VCYT
  • Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. VYGR

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 5, 2026=◇◇◇
2024June 10, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 7, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 9, 2023=◇◇◇
2021June 10, 2022=◇◇◇
2020June 11, 2021=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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275 figures on this page: 269 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
269 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-26-263844
  2. 0001193125-26-177409
    CEO Pay Ratio · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 3 more sections
  3. 0001193125-25-140017
  4. 0000950170-24-071913
  5. 0000950170-23-027702
  6. 0001193125-23-126845
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001564590-22-023130
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001564590-21-032783
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Adaptive Biotechnologies discloses

The companies named in ADPT's own disclosed peer group.

Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.bluebird bio, Inc.CareDx, Inc.Castle Biosciences, Inc.Codexis, Inc.Fulgent Genetics, Inc.Guardant Health, Inc.Immunocore Holdings plcMaravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc.Mesa Laboratories, Inc.Myriad Genetics, Inc.Natera, Inc.NeoGenomics, Inc.Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.Quanterix CorporationRecursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Sage Therapeutics, Inc.Twist Bioscience CorporationVeracyte, Inc.Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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