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Cisco Systems Executive Compensation (FY25)

CSCO · San Jose, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): December 17, 2025
365 figures on this page: 358 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Charles Robbins was paid $52,838,751 in total compensation as Chair and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025, and compared with the $39,202,654 reported for fiscal 2024, Robbins' total was 34.8% higher. Meanwhile, for fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 298:1, against median employee compensation of $177,115. Separately, shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 89.0% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held December 16, 2025 for fiscal 2025. The disclosed peer group includes Accenture plc, Adobe Inc., Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc., among others.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Charles Robbins
Median of the other named officers
$24,293,618
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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December 16, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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 — Charles Robbins: $39,202,654 → $52,838,751 (34.8% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 77.1% → 89.0% (11.9 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 235:1 → 298:1 (26.8% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Cisco Systems' chief executive and what were they paid?
Charles Robbins was paid $52,838,751 in total compensation as Chair and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $39,202,654 reported for fiscal 2024, Robbins' total was 34.8% higher.
What was Cisco Systems' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 89.0% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held December 16, 2025 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Cisco Systems' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Accenture plc, Adobe Inc., Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc., among others.
What is Cisco Systems' chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 298:1, against median employee compensation of $177,115.

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
Charles Robbins
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
R. Scott Herren
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Maria Martinez
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeff Sharritts
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Partner Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Charles Robbins
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
R. Scott Herren
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Maria Martinez
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeff Sharritts
Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Partner Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Dev Stahlkopf
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Charles Robbins
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Maria Martinez
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Jeff Sharritts
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Partner Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
R. Scott Herren
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Deborah Stahlkopf
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Thimaya Subaiya
Executive Vice President, Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gary Steele
President, Go-to-Market
◇◇——◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Charles Robbins
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gary Steele
Former President, Go-to-Market
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇———◇◇
Jeetu Patel
President and Chief Product Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
R. Scott Herren
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Dev Stahlkopf
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Thimaya Subaiya
Executive Vice President, Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
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
Charles RobbinsRSU◇——◇——◇
Charles RobbinsPSU◇——◇——◇
Charles RobbinsPSU◇——◇——◇
Charles RobbinsPSU◇——◇——◇
Charles RobbinsPSU◇——◇——◇
Dev StahlkopfRSU◇——◇——◇
Dev StahlkopfPSU◇——◇——◇
Dev StahlkopfPSU◇——◇——◇
Dev StahlkopfPSU◇——◇——◇
Dev StahlkopfPSU◇——◇——◇
Gary SteelePSU◇——◇——◇
Gary SteeleRSU◇——◇——◇
Gary SteelePSU◇——◇——◇
Jeetu PatelRSU◇——◇——◇
Jeetu PatelPSU◇——◇——◇
Jeetu PatelRSU◇——◇——◇
Jeetu PatelPSU◇——◇——◇
Jeetu PatelPSU◇——◇——◇
Jeetu PatelPSU◇——◇——◇
R. Scott HerrenRSU◇——◇——◇
R. Scott HerrenPSU◇——◇——◇
R. Scott HerrenPSU◇——◇——◇
R. Scott HerrenPSU◇——◇——◇
R. Scott HerrenPSU◇——◇——◇
Thimaya SubaiyaRSU◇——◇——◇
Thimaya SubaiyaPSU◇——◇——◇
Thimaya SubaiyaPSU◇——◇——◇
Thimaya SubaiyaPSU◇——◇——◇
Thimaya SubaiyaPSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2023, 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 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Dev StahlkopfRSU◇◇——
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Charles RobbinsRSU◇◇——
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R. Scott HerrenRSU◇◇——
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Jeetu PatelRSU◇◇——
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Thimaya SubaiyaRSU◇◇——
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A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael D. Capellas
Lead independent director
◇◇———◇◇
Mark Garrett
◇◇————◇
Dr. Kristina M. Johnson
◇◇———◇◇
Daniel H. Schulman
◇◇————◇
Sarah Rae Murphy
◇◇————◇
John D. Harris II
◇◇————◇
Wesley G. Bush
◇◇————◇
Marianna Tessel
◇◇————◇
Kevin Weil
◇◇————◇
Ekta Singh-Bushell
◇—————◇
Chuck Robbins 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◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Equity is delivered as Fully vested shares of common stock (or deferred 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
  • Accenture plc ACN
  • Adobe Inc. ADBE
  • Alphabet Inc. GOOGL
  • Apple Inc. AAPL
  • Broadcom Inc. AVGO
  • Dell Technologies Inc. DELL
  • HP Inc. HPQ
  • Intel Corporation INTC
  • International Business Machines Corporation IBM
  • Meta Platforms, Inc. META
  • Microsoft Corporation MSFT
  • Oracle Corporation ORCL
  • Qualcomm Incorporated QCOM
  • Salesforce, Inc. CRM
  • Visa Inc. V

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025December 16, 2025=◇◇◇
2024December 9, 2024=◇◇◇
2023December 6, 2023=◇◇◇
2022December 8, 2022=◇◇◇
2021December 13, 2021=◇◇◇
2020December 10, 2020=◇◇◇
2019December 10, 2019=◇◇◇

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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Citations

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365 figures on this page: 358 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints.
358 cited to the filing
7 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000858877-25-000199
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0000858877-25-000150
    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal · Outstanding Equity Awards At Fiscal 2025 Year-End · and 1 more section
  3. 0000858877-24-000039
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001104659-24-109859
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001193125-23-291721
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001104659-23-109641
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0000858877-22-000027
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001104659-22-109711
    Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0001193125-21-356837
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001193125-20-315999
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001193125-19-311525
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Cisco Systems discloses

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

Adobe Inc.Alphabet Inc.Apple Inc.Broadcom Inc.Dell Technologies Inc.Intel CorporationInternational Business Machines CorporationMeta Platforms, Inc.Microsoft CorporationOracle CorporationQualcomm IncorporatedSalesforce, Inc.Visa Inc.

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Cite this data
APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@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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