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DHI Group Executive Compensation (FY25)

DHX · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025
Art Zeile
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 15, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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 — 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: 20:117:1 (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
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Art Zeile
President & Chief Executive Officer
Pamela Bilash
Chief Human Resources Officer
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Art Zeile
President & Chief Executive Officer
Paul Farnsworth
President Dice
Pamela Bilash
Chief Human Resources Officer
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
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
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Alex SchildtPSU
Alex SchildtRestricted Stock
Art ZeilePSU
Art ZeilePSU
Art ZeilePSU
Art ZeilePSU
Art ZeileRSU
Greg SchippersPSU
Greg SchippersRSU
Pamela BilashRestricted Stock
Paul FarnsworthRestricted 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
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Alex SchildtRSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
Greg SchippersRSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
Pamela BilashRSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
Paul FarnsworthRSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
Art ZeileRSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
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.
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
Severance base
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
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
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.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 15, 2026=
2024May 16, 2025=
2023April 25, 2024=
2022April 26, 2023=
2020April 29, 2021=
2019April 21, 2020=
2018May 8, 2019=
2017May 22, 2018=

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
Median employee compensation
Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

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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

  1. 0001393883-26-000094
  2. 0001393883-26-000058
    CEO Pay Ratio · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001393883-25-000085
  4. 0001393883-25-000052
    Exhibit · Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001393883-24-000064
  6. 0001393883-24-000054
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001393883-23-000074
  8. 0001393883-21-000035
  9. 0000950142-20-001241
  10. 0001393883-19-000025
  11. 0001393883-19-000022
    Exhibit
  12. 0001393883-18-000028
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Peers DHI Group discloses

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

BrightcoveInformation Services GroupMarchexMastech Digital

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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
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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