Occidental Petroleum Executive Compensation (FY25)
OXY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2025 only
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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 4, 2026
11 filings cited on this page
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Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Occidental Petroleum's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Vicki Hollub, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $18,055,969 in fiscal 2025.
What was Occidental Petroleum's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 94.3% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 1, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Occidental Petroleum's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Chevron Corporation, Diamondback Energy, Inc., EOG Resources, Inc., ExxonMobil Corporation and Halliburton Company, among others.
What is Occidental Petroleum's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 80:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $225,637.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vicki Hollub President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Richard Jackson Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Kenneth Dillon Senior Vice President and President, International Oil and Gas Operations | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Sunil Mathew Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Jeff Simmons Senior Vice President and Chief Petrotechnical 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Simmons | PSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Kenneth Dillon | PSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Richard Jackson | PSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Sunil Mathew | PSU | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Vicki Hollub | PSU | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack B. Moore Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Vicky A. Bailey | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kenneth B. Robinson | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Avedick B. Poladian | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
William R. Klesse | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Andrew Gould | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Claire O'Neill | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Carlos M. Gutierrez | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Robert M. Shearer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Vicki Hollub 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 | ◇ |
| Board chair premium | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as Common Stock or Deferred Stock Units.
Stock ownership guideline: 6x 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
- Chevron Corporation CVX
- Diamondback Energy, Inc. FANG
- EOG Resources, Inc. EOG
- ExxonMobil Corporation XOM
- Halliburton Company HAL
- LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB
- Marathon Petroleum Corporation MPC
- Phillips 66 PSX
- Schlumberger Limited SLB
- Valero Energy Corporation VLO
- Williams Companies, Inc. WMB
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 1, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 2, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 2, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 5, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | May 6, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | May 7, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | May 29, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | May 10, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | May 4, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | May 12, 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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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Occidental Petroleum disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Occidental Petroleum 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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112 figures on this page: 102 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
102 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0000950157-26-000569Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001628280-26-019816Director Compensation · Director Compensation Table · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Non-Employee Director Compensation · and 1 more section
- 0000797468-25-000072Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0000797468-24-000089Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0000797468-23-000053Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001140361-22-018654Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001140361-21-016664Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001140361-20-012988Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001104659-19-028664
- 0001193125-18-159309
- 0001193125-17-175364Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Positioning against its disclosed peers, the governance read, incentive design, and the CD&A alignment analysis; the full peer table; a committee-ready PDF.
From $1,200 for the board report; $2,400 for both.
11 filings cited on this page
Method: intel.velarion.ai/methodology
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Published by Velarion Company Intelligence
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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}
}