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908 Devices (MASS): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$1,553,502CEO Kevin Knopp · source
Say-on-pay support87.1%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers22nd pct.Of 23 peer CEOs

CEO pay, last three years

  • $1,450,764FY2023
  • $1,993,294FY2024
  • $1,553,502FY2025

CEO total pay was $1,553,502 in fiscal 2025, down from $1,993,294 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $500,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $393,751 · option awards $131,251

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at 908 Devices in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Kevin Knopp (President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at 908 Devices in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $1,553,502.
How does 908 Devices's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Kevin Knopp's total compensation ranked at the 22nd percentile of 908 Devices's disclosed peer group.
How did shareholders vote on 908 Devices's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 87.1% of shareholders supported 908 Devices's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does 908 Devices spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, 908 Devices reported total board compensation of $1,257,137 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Kevin Knopp$500,000$0$393,751$131,251$525,000$0$3,500$1,553,502
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mark Levine21,6350656,257656,2540001,334,146
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary
Joseph Griffith378,352200,000258,22886,075214,90403,5001,141,059
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Kevin Knopp$1,553,502$1,993,294$1,450,764↓ −439,792
Mark Levine1,334,146———
Joseph Griffith1,141,0591,238,1391,219,904↓ −97,080

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The compensation committee considers compensation for comparable positions in the market, historical compensation levels, individual performance, and the desire to motivate employees to achieve short- and long-term results in the best interests of stockholders.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Joseph GriffithOption1,41216.66—
Kevin KnoppOption3,11516.66—
Joseph GriffithRSU5,102—26,787
Kevin KnoppRSU11,255—59,089
Joseph GriffithOption18,2428.83—
Joseph GriffithRSU20,612—108,213
Kevin KnoppRSU26,897—141,209
Joseph GriffithOption33,3317.35—
Joseph GriffithRSU33,781—177,350
Kevin KnoppOption50,3417.35—
Kevin KnoppRSU51,021—267,860
Kevin KnoppPSU53,794—282,418
Joseph GriffithOption59,3621.98—
Kevin KnoppOption90,5181.98—
Mark LevineRSU98,242—515,771
Joseph GriffithRSU130,418—684,695
Mark LevineOption130,4686.68—
Kevin KnoppRSU198,864—1,044,036
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
E. Kevin HrusovskyIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance$87,500$101,257$33,753—$0$222,510
Brandi C. Vann, Ph.DIndependent · Audit · Newly elected16,667100,00499,959—0216,630
Keith L. CrandellIndependent · Compensation67,500101,25733,753—0202,510
Fenel M. EloiIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation65,417101,25733,753—0200,427
Mark SpotoIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair) · Audit65,000101,25733,753—0200,010
Tony J. HuntIndependent · Compensation (Chair)48,333101,25733,753—0183,343
Michele M. LeonhartIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance40,000101,25733,753—0175,010
Jeffrey P. GeorgeIndependent · Departed during FY35,000101,25733,753—0170,010
Marcia Eisenberg, Ph.DIndependent · Departed during FY22,91700—022,917
Christopher Brown, Ph.DEmployee director · Newly elected000—00
Kevin J. Knopp, Ph.DEmployee director—————0

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$40,000
Annual equity retainer$135,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 20,000 / 7,500
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$448,334
Equity awards (grant-date value)$808,803
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,257,137

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names 908 Devices as a peer

Companies that benchmark against MASS

No companies currently name MASS as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Blackline Safety Corp.2025Owen Ryan$524,231$10,603,067$0$473,378$11,614,676
2Standard BioTools Inc.2025Michael Egholm680,2565,337,8831,671,3631,120,0008,823,502
3Castle Biosciences, Inc.2025Derek Maetzold751,3504,977,20801,036,8636,786,771
4Butterfly Network, Inc.2025Joseph DeVivo900,3004,291,60401,183,0006,382,814
5Quanterix Corporation2025Masoud Toloue670,9501,170,0002,729,998674,1725,250,745
6Cytek Biosciences, Inc.2025Wenbin Jiang620,0002,000,0002,000,000485,2115,120,061
7SoundThinking, Inc.2025Ralph Clark472,5003,818,1510302,4004,600,051
8Surmodics, Inc.2024Gary Maharaj647,481940,0001,410,000654,2153,665,496
9Personalis, Inc.2025Christopher Hall618,000853,0501,784,728247,2003,505,978
10Ouster, Inc.2025Angus Pacala400,0002,469,5000479,6003,363,100
11Frequency Electronics, Inc.2026Thomas McClelland366,8332,629,000003,259,827
12Akoya Biosciences, Inc.2023Brian McKelligon542,500984,0001,080,613307,1252,919,599
13MaxCyte, Inc.2025Maher Masoud590,0001,143,275625,300313,2902,687,657
14Kopin Corporation2025Michael Murray506,191600,692575,990463,3742,257,423
15908 Devices2025Kevin Knopp500,000393,751131,251525,0001,553,502
16Apyx Medical Corporation2025Charles Goodwin501,8000281,99301,233,863
17Byrna Technologies Inc.2025Bryan Ganz495,0000001,173,150
18Zynex, Inc.2024Thomas Sandgaard700,000112,4580170,625991,810
19Harvard Bioscience, Inc.2025John Duke203,077598,90000905,208
20Stereotaxis, Inc.2025David Fischel60,000———64,390
—Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—Genasys Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—Bionano Genomics, Inc.——————not in coverage universe

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
908 Devicesnot disclosedRSU 75 · Option 25not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Akoya Biosciences, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAlpine Rewards
Apyx Medical Corporationnot disclosedOption 100not disclosedPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Bionano Genomics, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Blackline Safety Corp.90.1%RSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — Relative TSRCompensia
Butterfly Network, Inc.131.25% for Joseph DeVivo; 109.2% for Steven Cashman%not disclosedNoPay Governance
Byrna Technologies Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PRSU 50not disclosedFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (FW Cook)
Castle Biosciences, Inc.138%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoAON (AON's Human Capital Solutions Practice, a division of AON plc)
Cytek Biosciences, Inc.78.4%RSU 50 · Options 50not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Frequency Electronics, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedGrant Thornton
Genasys Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Harvard Bioscience, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PRSU 50Yes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR)Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Kopin Corporationnot disclosednot disclosedNoAon plc (Human Capital Solutions practice)
MaxCyte, Inc.88.5%not disclosedNoPearl Meyer
Ouster, Inc.119.9%RSU 100not disclosedSemler Brossy
Personalis, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAon
Quanterix Corporation95%Options 70 · RSU 30not disclosedPayGov
Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
SoundThinking, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50NoAon
Standard BioTools Inc.160%not disclosednot disclosedPearl Meyer
Stereotaxis, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Surmodics, Inc.126.3%Option 60 · Restricted Shares 40not disclosedPay Governance LLC
Zynex, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-1121,187,4862,748,574388,82087.1%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-06-1187.1%a

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will be counted towards the vote total and will have the same effect as "Against" votes.”.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (37 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, Kevin Knopp. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 30. As printed: 1,553,502. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Mark Levine. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,334,146. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Joseph Griffith. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,141,059. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, E. Kevin Hrusovsky. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 222,510. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Brandi C. Vann, Ph.D. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 216,630. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Keith L. Crandell. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 202,510. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Fenel M. Eloi. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 200,427. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Mark Spoto. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 200,010. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Tony J. Hunt. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 183,343. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Michele M. Leonhart. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 175,010. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Jeffrey P. George. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 170,010. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Marcia Eisenberg, Ph.D. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 22,917. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Christopher Brown, Ph.D. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Kevin J. Knopp, Ph.D. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-12. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 87.1% (votes for as printed: 21,187,486). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 448,334 + equity 808,803 + all other 0 = 1,257,137, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Blackline Safety Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Blackline Safety Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,614,676. View filing ↗
  • Standard BioTools Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Standard BioTools Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,823,502. View filing ↗
  • Castle Biosciences, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-08. CEO total compensation as printed in Castle Biosciences, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,786,771. View filing ↗
  • Butterfly Network, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Butterfly Network, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,382,814. View filing ↗
  • Quanterix Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Quanterix Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 5,250,745. View filing ↗
  • Cytek Biosciences, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Cytek Biosciences, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,120,061. View filing ↗
  • SoundThinking, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in SoundThinking, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,600,051. View filing ↗
  • Surmodics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2024-12-19. CEO total compensation as printed in Surmodics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,665,496. View filing ↗
  • Personalis, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Personalis, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,505,978. View filing ↗
  • Ouster, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Ouster, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,363,100. View filing ↗
  • Frequency Electronics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Frequency Electronics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,259,827. View filing ↗
  • Akoya Biosciences, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2024-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Akoya Biosciences, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,919,599. View filing ↗
  • MaxCyte, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in MaxCyte, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,687,657. View filing ↗
  • Kopin Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Kopin Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 2,257,423. View filing ↗
  • 908 Devices (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in 908 Devices's own proxy. As printed: 1,553,502. View filing ↗
  • Apyx Medical Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-06-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Apyx Medical Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 1,233,863. View filing ↗
  • Byrna Technologies Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Byrna Technologies Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,173,150. View filing ↗
  • Zynex, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-03-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Zynex, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 991,810. View filing ↗
  • Harvard Bioscience, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Harvard Bioscience, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 905,208. View filing ↗
  • Stereotaxis, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-03. CEO total compensation as printed in Stereotaxis, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 64,390. View filing ↗
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