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BJs Restaurants Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: BJs Restaurants (BJRI) executive compensation
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BJRI · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Lyle Tick

Median of the other named officers

$788,931

7 officers, excluding the chief executive

Latest say-on-pay support

June 11, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of November 1, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 15, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is BJs Restaurants' chief executive and what were they paid?

Total compensation for Lyle Tick, Chief Executive Officer and President, came to $3,441,781 in fiscal 2025. Tick's total was 246.0% higher than the $994,721 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was BJs Restaurants' say-on-pay result?

Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 99.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 11, 2026 for fiscal 2025.

Which companies are in BJs Restaurants' peer group?

Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Bloomin' Brands, Inc., Brinker International, Inc., Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. and Denny's Corporation, among others.

What is BJs Restaurants' chief executive pay ratio?

For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 113:1, against median employee compensation of $26,224.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Gregory Levin Former Chief Executive Officer and President Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Gregory Lynds Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Thomas A. Houdek Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Kendra Miller Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Brian Krakower Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Putnam Shin Former Executive Vice President and Chief Growth and Innovation Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Gregory Levin Chief Executive Officer and President	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Gregory Lynds	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	— not reconciled
Putnam Shin Former Executive Vice President and Chief Growth and Innovation Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Thomas Houdek Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Kendra Miller Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Gregory S. Levin Former Chief Executive Officer and President Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
C. Bradford Richmond Interim Chief Executive Officer Served on an interim basis	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Lyle D. Tick President and Chief Concept Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Thomas A. Houdek Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Putnam K. Shin Former Executive Vice President and Chief Growth and Innovation Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Gregory S. Lynds Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Kendra Miller Executive Vice President and General Counsel	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Lyle Tick Chief Executive Officer and President	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Gregory Lynds Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Kendra Miller Executive Vice President and General Counsel	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Jennifer Jaffe Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
J. Todd Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
C. Bradford Richmond Former Interim Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year Served on an interim basis	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇	◇
William Atkins Former Interim Principal Financial Officer and Interim Principal Accounting Officer Departed during or after this year Served on an interim basis	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇
Thomas Houdek Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇

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

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
C. Bradford Richmond	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
C. Bradford Richmond	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Gregory S. Lynds	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Gregory S. Lynds	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
J. Todd Wilson	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
J. Todd Wilson	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jennifer A. Jaffe	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jennifer A. Jaffe	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Kendra D. Miller	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Kendra D. Miller	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Lyle D. Tick	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Lyle D. Tick	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Lyle D. Tick	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Lyle D. Tick	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Thomas A. Houdek	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Thomas A. Houdek	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2022, 2024 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 2026 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Lyle Tick	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Kendra Miller	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Gregory Lynds	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
C. Richmond	RSU	◇	◇	—	—

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.

Gregory Lynds

Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance cash amount

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Jennifer Jaffe

Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance cash amount

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Lyle Tick

President and Chief Concept Officer · Offer letter

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Change-in-control base	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Thomas Houdek

Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Change-in-control trigger	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2026

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Gregory A. Trojan	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

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	◇
Board chair premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Audit committee member	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2026

Bloomin' Brands, Inc. BLMN
Brinker International, Inc. EAT
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. CBRL
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. PLAY
Denny's Corporation DENN
Dine Brands Global, Inc. DIN
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. LOCO
Jack in the Box, Inc. JACK
Noodles & Company NDLS
Papa John's International, Inc. PZZA
Potbelly Corporation PBPB
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. RRGB
Shake Shack, Inc. SHAK
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. TXRH
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated CAKE

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	June 11, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	June 12, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	June 18, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	June 15, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	June 8, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	June 9, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	September 2, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	June 5, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	June 6, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	June 7, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇
2015	June 7, 2016	=	◇	◇	◇

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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- Lyle Tick (Chief Executive Officer and President), FY2025 total compensation $3,441,781 (base salary $710,769) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001193125-26-169008, filed 2026-04-22]

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307 figures on this page: 296 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.

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Documents cited

8-K, filed June 15, 2026
0001193125-26-271158
Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
DEF 14A, filed April 22, 2026
0001193125-26-169008
Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Corporate Governance Director Compensation · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 3 more sections
Filing, filed April 22, 2026
8-K, filed June 18, 2025
0001171843-25-003963
Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
DEF 14A, filed April 23, 2025
0001193125-25-090331
Summary Compensation Table
Filing, filed September 3, 2024
0001171843-24-005017
EX-10.22
8-K, filed June 21, 2024
0001171843-24-003562
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 30, 2024
0001193125-24-123912
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 16, 2023
0001171843-23-003965
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 28, 2023
0001193125-23-124688
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 14, 2022
0001171843-22-004351
8-K, filed June 11, 2021
0001171843-21-004291
8-K, filed September 9, 2020
0001171843-20-006368
8-K, filed June 11, 2019
0001564590-19-022204
8-K, filed June 7, 2018
0001171843-18-004507
8-K, filed June 9, 2017
0001171843-17-003572
8-K, filed June 10, 2016
0001171843-16-010601

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Peers BJs Restaurants discloses

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Bloomin' Brands, Inc.Brinker International, Inc.Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.Denny's Corporation Dine Brands Global, Inc.El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.Jack in the Box, Inc.Noodles & Company Papa John's International, Inc.Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.Shake Shack, Inc.Texas Roadhouse, Inc.The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated

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  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
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Executive compensation

Equity awards granted

Outstanding awards

Severance and change in control

Director compensation

Director fee schedule

Disclosed peer group

Say-on-pay history

Chief executive pay ratio

What this page does not include

Citations

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