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Workiva Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Workiva (WK) executive compensation
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WK · Ames, IA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Julie Iskow

Latest say-on-pay support

May 28, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of October 22, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 2, 2026

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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 — Julie Iskow: $13,524,443 → $15,640,220 (15.6% higher)

Say-on-pay support: 91.4% → 69.8% (21.6 points lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Workiva's chief executive and what were they paid?

Total compensation for Julie Iskow, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director and Former Interim Chief Financial Officer, came to $15,640,220 in fiscal 2025. Iskow's total was 15.6% higher than the $13,524,443 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Workiva's say-on-pay result?

The say-on-pay proposal drew 69.8% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 28, 2026 for fiscal 2025.

Which companies are in Workiva's peer group?

The disclosed peer group names Altair Engineering, Inc., AppFolio, Inc., Aspen Technology, Inc., BlackLine, Inc. and Dayforce, Inc., among others.

What is Workiva's chief executive pay ratio?

For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 79:1, against median employee compensation of $196,950.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Martin J. Vanderploeg Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Julie Iskow President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jill Klindt Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Brandon Ziegler Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Michael Hawkins Executive Vice President, Sales	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Julie Iskow President, Chief Executive Officer and Director and Former Interim Chief Financial Officer Served on an interim basis	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Martin J. Vanderploeg Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Jill Klindt Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Brandon Ziegler Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Michael Hawkins Former Executive Vice President, Chief Sales Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jeffrey Trom Former Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Julie Iskow President, Chief Executive Officer and Director and Former Interim Chief Financial Officer Served on an interim basis	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jill Klindt Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Brandon Ziegler Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Michael Hawkins Former Executive Vice President, Chief Sales Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Julie Iskow President, Chief Executive Officer and Director and Former Interim Chief Financial Officer Served on an interim basis	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jill Klindt Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Michael Hawkins Former Executive Vice President, Chief Sales Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Brandon Ziegler Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

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
Brandon Ziegler	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Brandon Ziegler	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Jill Klindt	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Jill Klindt	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Julie Iskow	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Julie Iskow	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Michael Hawkins	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Michael Hawkins	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇

Fiscal 2022, 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

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Julie Iskow	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
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Brandon Ziegler	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
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	PSU	◇	◇	—	—

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.

Brandon Ziegler

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Jill Klindt

Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Julie Iskow

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director and Former Interim Chief Financial Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2026 filing

Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

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
Martin J. Vanderploeg	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
David S. Mulcahy	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Suku Radia	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Robert H. Herz	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Michael M. Crow	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Astha Malik	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Brigid A. Bonner	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇

Julie Iskow, R. Scott Herren and Mark S. Peek 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	◇
Board chair premium	◇
Lead independent director premium	◇
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 units.

Stock ownership guideline: Our non-employee directors are subject to stock ownership guidelines as described below under the “Stock Ownership Guidelines” section of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

Altair Engineering, Inc. ALTR
AppFolio, Inc. APPF
Aspen Technology, Inc. AZPN
BlackLine, Inc. BL
Dayforce, Inc. DAY
Elastic NV ESTC
Five9, Inc. FIVN
Guidewire Software, Inc. GWRE
HubSpot, Inc. HUBS
nCino, Inc. NCNO
Okta, Inc. OKTA
PagerDuty, Inc. PD
Procore Technologies, Inc. PCOR
Qualys, Inc. QLYS
Rapid7, Inc. RPD
Smartsheet, Inc. SMAR
SPS Commerce, Inc. SPSC

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	May 28, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	May 29, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	May 30, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	May 30, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	June 1, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	June 3, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	May 19, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	June 11, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇

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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- Julie Iskow (President, Chief Executive Officer and Director and Former Interim Chief Financial Officer), FY2025 total compensation $15,640,220 (base salary $625,000) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001445305-26-000030, filed 2026-04-17]

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Say-on-pay responsiveness

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230 figures on this page: 222 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.

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8 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed June 2, 2026
0001445305-26-000050
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 17, 2026
0001445305-26-000030
CEO Pay Ratio · Compensation Tables · Director Compensation · The table below sets forth the outstanding equity awards held by the NEOs as of
8-K, filed June 2, 2025
0001445305-25-000099
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 3, 2024
0001445305-24-000082
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 17, 2024
0001445305-24-000058
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 1, 2023
0001445305-23-000107
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 17, 2023
0001445305-23-000089
Compensation Tables · Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 3, 2022
0001445305-22-000095
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 8, 2021
0001445305-21-000089
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 21, 2020
0001445305-20-000076
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 13, 2019
0001445305-19-000086
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A
0001445305-25-000081
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
EX-10
0001445305-26-000016
Employment Agreement

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Altair Engineering, Inc.AppFolio, Inc.Aspen Technology, Inc.BlackLine, Inc.Dayforce, Inc.Elastic NV Five9, Inc.Guidewire Software, Inc.HubSpot, Inc.nCino, Inc.Okta, Inc.PagerDuty, Inc.Procore Technologies, Inc.Qualys, Inc.Rapid7, Inc.Smartsheet, Inc.SPS Commerce, 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}
}