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Waste Connections Executive Compensation (FY25)

WCN · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Ronald Mittelstaedt
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 15, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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Data as of November 5, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 15, 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — Ronald Mittelstaedt: $7,276,372 → $9,757,565 (34.1% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Waste Connections' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Ronald Mittelstaedt, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $9,757,565 in fiscal 2025. Compared with the $7,276,372 reported for fiscal 2024, Mittelstaedt's total was 34.1% higher.
What was Waste Connections' say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 95.8% support at the meeting held May 15, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Waste Connections' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Cintas Corporation, CSX Corporation, Fastenal Company, Fortive Corporation and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., among others.
What is Waste Connections' chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 130:1, against median employee compensation of $74,945.

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
Worthing Jackman
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Darrell Chambliss
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mary Anne Whitney
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Patrick Shea
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
James Little
Executive Vice President – Engineering and Disposal
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ronald Mittelstaedt
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Worthing Jackman
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Ronald Mittelstaedt
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Darrell Chambliss
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mary Anne Whitney
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Patrick Shea
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
James Little
Executive Vice President – Engineering and Disposal
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Ronald Mittelstaedt
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Darrell Chambliss
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mary Anne Whitney
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Patrick Shea
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
James Little
Executive Vice President – Engineering and Disposal
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Ronald Mittelstaedt
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mary Anne Whitney
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Patrick Shea
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
James Little
Executive Vice President – Engineering and Disposal
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Domenico Pio
Senior Vice President – Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
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
Domenico D. PioPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Domenico D. PioRSU◇——◇——◇
James M. LittlePSU◇—◇—◇—◇
James M. LittleRSU◇——◇——◇
Mary Anne WhitneyPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Mary Anne WhitneyRSU◇——◇——◇
Patrick J. SheaPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Patrick J. SheaRSU◇——◇——◇
Ronald J. MittelstaedtPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Ronald J. MittelstaedtRSU◇——◇——◇
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
Ronald MittelstaedtPSU◇◇——
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RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Mary Anne WhitneyPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Patrick SheaPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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RSU◇◇——
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RSU◇◇——
James LittlePSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Domenico PioPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
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
Michael W. Harlan
Board chair · Lead independent director
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Susan "Sue" Lee
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Elise L. Jordan
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Edward E. "Ned" Guillet
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Cherylyn Harley LeBon
◇◇————◇
Andrea E. Bertone
◇◇————◇
Carl D. Sparks
◇◇————◇
Daniel L. Florness 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 Dsus/Rsus.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Cintas Corporation CTAS
  • CSX Corporation CSX
  • Fastenal Company FAST
  • Fortive Corporation FTV
  • J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. JBHT
  • Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. MLM
  • Norfolk Southern Corporation NSC
  • Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ODFL
  • Republic Services, Inc. RSG
  • Rollins, Inc. ROL
  • United Rentals, Inc. URI
  • Vulcan Materials Company VMC
  • W.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW
  • Waste Management, Inc. WM

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 15, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 16, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 17, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 19, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 13, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 14, 2021=◇◇◇
2019May 15, 2020=◇◇◇
2018May 17, 2019=◇◇◇
2017May 24, 2018=◇◇◇
2016May 23, 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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- Ronald Mittelstaedt (President and Chief Executive Officer), FY2025 total compensation $9,757,565 (base salary $1,171,943) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001104659-26-039146, filed 2026-04-02]

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Citations

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287 figures on this page: 277 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
277 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001104659-26-062507
  2. 0001104659-26-039146
    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation and Equity Ownership · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2025 · Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Fiscal Year End · and 1 more section
  3. 0001104659-25-050060
  4. 0001104659-25-032201
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001104659-24-062985
  6. 0001104659-24-043622
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001104659-23-062678
  8. 0001104659-22-059980
  9. 0001104659-21-066755
  10. 0001104659-20-062343
  11. 0001144204-19-026986
  12. 0001144204-18-030748
  13. 0001144204-17-029843
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Waste Connections discloses

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

Cintas CorporationCSX CorporationFastenal CompanyFortive CorporationJ.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.Norfolk Southern CorporationOld Dominion Freight Line, Inc.Republic Services, Inc.Rollins, Inc.United Rentals, Inc.Vulcan Materials CompanyW.W. Grainger, Inc.Waste Management, 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
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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}
}
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