DHI Group Executive Compensation (FY25)
DHX · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
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Data as of September 19, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 19, 2026
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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 — Art Zeile: $2,913,640 → $2,462,608 (15.5% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 85.7% → 88.8% (3.1 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 20:1 → 17:1 (15.0% lower)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is DHI Group's chief executive and what were they paid?
Art Zeile was paid $2,462,608 in total compensation as President & Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Zeile's total was 15.5% lower than the $2,913,640 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was DHI Group's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 88.8% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 15, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in DHI Group's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include American Software, Brightcove, CoreCard, Information Services Group and Marchex, among others.
What is DHI Group's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 17:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $148,412.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Art Zeile President & Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Pamela Bilash Chief Human Resources Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Art Zeile President & Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Paul Farnsworth President Dice | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Pamela Bilash Chief Human Resources Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Art Zeile President & Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Paul Farnsworth President Dice | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Alex Schildt President ClearanceJobs | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Pamela Bilash Chief Human Resources Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Greg Schippers 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
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Schildt | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Alex Schildt | Restricted Stock | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Art Zeile | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Art Zeile | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Art Zeile | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Art Zeile | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Art Zeile | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Greg Schippers | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Greg Schippers | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Pamela Bilash | Restricted Stock | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Paul Farnsworth | Restricted Stock | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
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
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Schildt | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
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| Greg Schippers | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| Pamela Bilash | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| Paul Farnsworth | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| Art Zeile | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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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.
Severance and change in control
The terms as written in the agreements.
Alex Schildt
President ClearanceJobs · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
Art Zeile
President & Chief Executive Officer · Employment agreement
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
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| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
| Non-compete period | ◇ |
| Non-solicit period | ◇ |
Greg Schippers
Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
Pamela Bilash
Chief Human Resources Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
Paul Farnsworth
President Dice · Employment agreement
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Change-in-control trigger | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
| Non-compete period | ◇ |
| Non-solicit period | ◇ |
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian (Skip) Schipper Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Elizabeth Salomon | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
David Windley | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Kathleen Swann | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Scipio Max Carnecchia | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Joseph Massaquoi Jr | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jim Friedlich | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Art Zeile 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.
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 | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- American Software symbol not shown
- Brightcove BCOV
- CoreCard CCRD
- Information Services Group III
- Marchex MCHX
- Mastech Digital MHH
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 15, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 16, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | April 25, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | April 26, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | April 29, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | April 21, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | May 8, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | May 22, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
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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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact DHI Group disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where DHI Group sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
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246 figures on this page: 238 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.
238 cited to the filing
8 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001393883-26-000094
- 0001393883-26-000058CEO Pay Ratio · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 2 more sections
- 0001393883-25-000085
- 0001393883-25-000052Exhibit · Summary Compensation Table
- 0001393883-24-000064
- 0001393883-24-000054Summary Compensation Table
- 0001393883-23-000074
- 0001393883-21-000035
- 0000950142-20-001241
- 0001393883-19-000025
- 0001393883-19-000022Exhibit
- 0001393883-18-000028
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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}
}