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Humana Executive Compensation (FY25)

HUM · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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James Rechtin
Median of the other named officers
$8,942,638
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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April 16, 2026
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 — James Rechtin: $15,579,476 → $18,757,075 (20.4% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 89.4% → 95.4% (6.0 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 195:1 → 226.2:1 (16.0% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Humana's chief executive and what were they paid?
James Rechtin was paid $18,757,075 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Rechtin's total was 20.4% higher than the $15,579,476 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Humana's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 95.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held April 16, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Humana's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Aflac, Inc., Allstate Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., Cencora and Centene Corporation, among others.
What is Humana's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 226.2:1, against median employee compensation of $82,935.

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
Bruce Broussard
Former Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Susan Diamond
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Joseph Ventura
Chief Legal Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Bruce Broussard
Former Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Susan Diamond
Former Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Sanjay Shetty
President, CenterWell
◇◇◇◇——◇◇
Joseph Ventura
Chief Legal Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
George Renaudin
President, Insurance
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
David Dintenfass
President, Enterprise Growth
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
James Rechtin
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Bruce Broussard
Former Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Susan Diamond
Former Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Sanjay Shetty
President, CenterWell
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
George Renaudin
President, Insurance
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Celeste Mellet
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
James Rechtin
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Japan Mehta
Chief Information Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Michelle O'Hara
Chief Human Resources Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Sanjay Shetty
President, CenterWell
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Susan Diamond
Former 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
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Celeste MelletRSU◇——◇—◇◇
Celeste MelletRSU◇——◇—◇◇
Celeste MelletPSU◇—◇◇◇◇◇
James RechtinPSU◇——◇—◇◇
James RechtinRSU◇——◇—◇◇
Japan MehtaRSU◇——◇—◇◇
Japan MehtaPSU◇—◇◇◇◇◇
Japan MehtaRSU◇——◇—◇◇
Michelle O'Hara—◇——◇—◇◇
Michelle O'HaraPSU◇—◇◇◇◇◇
Michelle O'HaraEQUITY◇——◇—◇◇
Sanjay ShettyPSU◇—◇◇◇◇◇
Sanjay ShettyRSU◇——◇—◇◇
Sanjay ShettyPSU◇—◇◇◇◇◇
Susan DiamondEQUITY◇——◇———
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
Susan DiamondOption◇—◇—
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Japan MehtaPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
James RechtinRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
PSU◇◇——
Michelle O'HaraPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Sanjay ShettyRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
Celeste MelletPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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
Kurt J. Hilzinger
Board chair
◇◇———◇◇
Karen W. Katz
◇◇———◇◇
Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D
◇◇———◇◇
Marcy S. Klevorn
◇◇———◇◇
Jorge S. Mesquita
◇◇———◇◇
Frank A. D'Amelio
◇◇———◇◇
Raquel C. Bono, M.D
◇◇———◇◇
David T. Feinberg, M.D
◇◇———◇◇
John W. Garratt
◇◇———◇◇
Gordon Smith
◇◇————◇
Brad D. Smith
◇◇———◇◇
James A. Rechtin 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◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: 5x annual cash retainer

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Aflac, Inc. AFL
  • Allstate Corporation ALL
  • Cardinal Health, Inc. CAH
  • Cencora COR
  • Centene Corporation CNC
  • CVS Health Corp CVS
  • DaVita Inc. DVA
  • Elevance Health, Inc. ELV
  • HCA Healthcare, Inc. HCA
  • Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Inc. symbol not shown
  • McKesson Corp MCK
  • MetLife, Inc. MET
  • Molina Healthcare MOH
  • Progressive Corporation PGR
  • Prudential Financial, Inc. PRU
  • The Cigna Group CI
  • UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH
  • Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. WBA

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025April 16, 2026=◇◇◇
2024April 17, 2025=◇◇◇
2023April 18, 2024=◇◇◇
2022April 20, 2023=◇◇◇
2021April 21, 2022=◇◇◇
2020April 22, 2021=◇◇◇
2019April 23, 2020=◇◇◇
2018April 18, 2019=◇◇◇
2017April 19, 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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331 figures on this page: 322 cited to the filing that reported them, 9 calculated from figures it prints.
322 cited to the filing
9 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000049071-26-000015
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001104659-26-024799
    CEO Pay Ratio Calculation · Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End · Summary Compensation Table
  3. 0000049071-25-000016
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001193125-25-048976
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0000049071-24-000017
  6. 0001193125-24-062915
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0000049071-23-000018
  8. 0001193125-23-063813
    Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0000049071-22-000026
  10. 0000049071-21-000074
  11. 0000049071-20-000078
  12. 0001193125-19-112123
  13. 0001193125-18-126812
  14. 0001104659-26-024393
    COMPENSATION COMMITTEE · FOR THE REASONS STATED HEREIN, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKH
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Peers Humana discloses

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

Aflac, Inc.Allstate CorporationCardinal Health, Inc.CencoraCentene CorporationCVS Health CorpDaVita Inc.Elevance Health, Inc.HCA Healthcare, Inc.McKesson CorpMetLife, Inc.Molina HealthcareProgressive CorporationPrudential Financial, Inc.The Cigna GroupUnitedHealth Group Inc.Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

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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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