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Workiva Executive Compensation (FY25)
WK · Ames, IA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 2, 2026
214 figures on this page: 206 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
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, and Iskow's total was 15.6% higher than the $13,524,443 reported for fiscal 2024. For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 93:1, against median employee compensation of $145,600. 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. The disclosed peer group names Altair Engineering, Inc., AppFolio, Inc., Aspen Technology, Inc., BlackLine, Inc. and Dayforce, Inc., among others.
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 93:1, against median employee compensation of $145,600.
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 | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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 | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Martin J. Vanderploeg Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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 Departed during or after this year 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 | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Brandon Ziegler | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Jill Klindt | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Jill Klindt | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Julie Iskow | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Julie Iskow | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Julie Iskow | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Ziegler | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Julie Iskow | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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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
| 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 | ◇ |
| Total board 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: 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
- 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
- MicroStrategy Inc. MSTR
- nCino, Inc. NCNO
- Okta, Inc. OKTA
- PagerDuty, Inc. PD
- Procore Technologies, Inc. PCOR
- Qualys, Inc. QLYS
- Rapid7, Inc. RPD
- RingCentral, Inc. RNG
- 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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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Workiva disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Workiva 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 IntelligenceSay-on-pay responsiveness
Workiva recorded a low support level. The responsiveness analysis covers what the company said it would do, what it did, and how that compares with the companies that recovered their vote.
Responsiveness analysisAdviser 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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Velarion IntelligenceCitations
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214 figures on this page: 206 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.
206 cited to the filing
8 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001445305-26-000050Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001445305-26-000030CEO Pay Ratio · Compensation Tables · Director Compensation · Director Compensation Table · and 3 more sections
- 0001445305-25-000099Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001445305-25-000081Compensation Tables
- 0001445305-24-000082Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001445305-24-000058Compensation Tables
- 0001445305-23-000107Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001445305-23-000089Compensation Tables · Summary Compensation Table
- 0001445305-22-000095Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001445305-21-000089Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001445305-20-000076Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001445305-19-000086Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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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}
}