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General Motors Executive Compensation (FY25)

GM · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Mary Barra
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 2, 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
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Chief executive total compensation — Mary Barra: $29,496,637 → $29,895,868 (1.4% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 90.6% → 93.3% (2.7 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 310:1 → 333:1 (7.4% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is General Motors' chief executive and what were they paid?
Mary Barra, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, received $29,895,868 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Barra's total was 1.4% higher than the $29,496,637 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was General Motors' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 93.3% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 2, 2026.
Which companies are in General Motors' peer group?
The disclosed peer group names 3M Company, Caterpillar Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Ford Motor Company and Honeywell International Inc., among others.
What is General Motors' chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 333:1, against median employee compensation of $89,785.

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
Mary Barra
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Mark Reuss
President
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Paul Jacobson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Mary Barra
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Michael Abbott
Executive Vice President, Software
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Reuss
President
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Craig Glidden
Executive Vice President, Legal, Policy, Cybersecurity, and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Paul Jacobson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Mary Barra
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Reuss
President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Paul Jacobson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Michael Abbott
Advisor, Former Executive Vice President, Software
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Craig Glidden
Strategic Advisor and Former Executive Vice President
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Rory Harvey
Executive Vice President and President, Global Markets
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Sterling Anderson
Executive Vice President, Global Product and Chief Product Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mary Barra
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Reuss
President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Paul Jacobson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Rory Harvey
Executive Vice President and President, Global Markets
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
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
Mark ReussSTIP———————
Mark ReussPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Mark ReussRSU◇——◇——◇
Mary BarraRSU◇——◇——◇
Mary BarraPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Mary BarraSTIP———————
Paul JacobsonPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Paul JacobsonRSU◇——◇——◇
Paul JacobsonSTIP———————
Rory HarveyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Rory HarveyRSU◇——◇——◇
Rory HarveySTIP———————
Sterling AndersonPerformance Cash———————
Sterling AndersonRSU◇——◇——◇
Sterling AndersonPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Fiscal 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
Mary BarraRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/7/2033
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Sterling AndersonPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Mark ReussRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/7/2033
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Paul JacobsonRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/7/2033
RSU◇◇——
Rory HarveyRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/7/2033
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.
Mark Reuss
President · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Mary Barra
Chair and Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Paul Jacobson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion
Severance multiple◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Rory Harvey
Executive Vice President and President, Global Markets · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Sterling Anderson
Executive Vice President, Global Product and Chief Product Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
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
Patricia F. Russo
Lead independent director
◇◇———◇◇
Wesley G. Bush
◇◇———◇◇
Joseph Jimenez
◇◇———◇◇
Devin N. Wenig
◇◇———◇◇
Judith A. Miscik
◇◇———◇◇
Mark A. Tatum
◇◇———◇◇
Jan E. Tighe
◇◇———◇◇
Jonathan McNeill
◇◇———◇◇
Joanne C. Crevoiserat
◇◇———◇◇
Alfred F. Kelly, Jr
◇◇———◇◇
Thomas M. Schoewe
◇◇———◇◇
Linda R. Gooden
◇◇———◇◇
Mary T. Barra 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 deferred stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: Stock ownership requirements for all senior leaders and non-employee directors

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • 3M Company MMM
  • Caterpillar Inc. CAT
  • Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO
  • Ford Motor Company F
  • Honeywell International Inc. HON
  • HP Inc. HPQ
  • IBM Corporation IBM
  • Intel Corporation INTC
  • Johnson & Johnson JNJ
  • Microsoft Corporation MSFT
  • PepsiCo Inc. PEP
  • Pfizer Inc. PFE
  • RTX Corporation RTX
  • Tesla, Inc. TSLA
  • The Boeing Company BA
  • The Procter & Gamble Company PG

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 2, 2026=◇◇◇
2024June 3, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 4, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 20, 2023=◇◇◇
2021June 13, 2022=◇◇◇
2020June 14, 2021=◇◇◇
2019June 16, 2020=◇◇◇
2018June 4, 2019=◇◇◇
2017June 12, 2018=◇◇◇
2016June 6, 2017=◇◇◇

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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326 figures on this page: 316 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
316 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001467858-26-000044
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001467858-26-000022
    CEO Pay Ratio · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Non-Employee Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End · and 1 more section
  3. 0001467858-25-000112
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001467858-25-000084
    Named Executive Officer Compensation
  5. 0001193125-24-156174
  6. 0001193125-23-172567
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0001193125-22-174774
  8. 0001193125-21-192156
  9. 0001193125-20-172519
  10. 0001467858-19-000097
  11. 0001467858-18-000080
  12. 0001193125-17-201530
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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}
}