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Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$5,508,018CEO John Turner · source
Say-on-pay support97.12%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers18th pct.Of 32 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio60:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $2,784,985FY2023
  • $5,904,989FY2024
  • $5,508,018FY2025

CEO total pay was $5,508,018 in fiscal 2025, down from $5,904,989 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $906,154 · bonus $476,100 · stock awards $4,072,930 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Atlas Energy Solutions in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, John Turner (President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Atlas Energy Solutions in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $5,508,018.
How does Atlas Energy Solutions's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, John Turner's total compensation ranked at the 18th percentile of Atlas Energy Solutions's disclosed peer group.
What is Atlas Energy Solutions's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Atlas Energy Solutions's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 60:1.
How did shareholders vote on Atlas Energy Solutions's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 97.12% of shareholders supported Atlas Energy Solutions's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Atlas Energy Solutions spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Atlas Energy Solutions reported total board compensation of $1,610,000 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.

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
John Turner$906,154$476,100$4,072,930$0$0$0$52,834$5,508,018
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ben Brigham253,07704,197,68800004,450,765
Executive Chairman
Chris Scholla409,61501,730,9950002,100,7224,241,333
Former Executive Vice President and President of Sand and Logistics
Blake McCarthy494,231225,0001,730,99500033,6382,483,864
Chief Financial Officer
Dathan Voelter438,403158,4001,145,503000162,9381,905,244
General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer

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
John Turner$5,508,018$5,904,989$2,784,985↓ −396,971
Ben Brigham4,450,7656,759,6956,106,025↓ −2,308,930
Chris Scholla4,241,3332,598,392—↑ +1,642,941
Blake McCarthy2,483,8643,046,488—↓ −562,624
Dathan Voelter1,905,2442,145,8656,278,013↓ −240,621

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

Atlas' executive compensation program is designed to attract and retain talent, pay for performance, and align executives' interests with those of shareholders by heavily weighting compensation toward stock-based incentives. The program links a significant portion of NEO compensation to long-term company performance and stock price returns, with a substantial majority of target compensation delivered as long-term equity.

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

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Blake McCarthyRSU2025-03-13——48,433—$849,999
John TurnerRSU2025-03-13——113,960—1,999,998
Dathan VoelterRSU2025-03-13——32,051—562,495
Chris SchollaRSU2025-03-13——48,433—849,999
Dathan VoelterPSU2025-03-1316,02632,051—64,102583,008
John TurnerPSU2025-03-1356,980113,960—227,9202,072,932
Blake McCarthyPSU2025-03-1324,21748,433—96,866880,996
Chris SchollaPSU2025-03-1324,21748,433—96,866880,996
Ben BrighamPSU2025-03-13115,385230,769—461,5384,197,688

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Blake McCarthy$849,999$880,996$050.9%
John Turner1,999,9982,072,932050.9%
Dathan Voelter562,495583,008050.9%
Chris Scholla849,999880,996050.9%
Ben Brigham04,197,6880100.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Dathan VoelterRSU9,260—$87,229
John TurnerRSU15,279—143,928
Dathan VoelterRSU18,080—170,313
Blake McCarthyRSU18,728—176,417
Blake McCarthyRSU20,169—189,991
Dathan VoelterPSU27,118—255,452
Dathan VoelterPSU27,778—261,669
Blake McCarthyPSU30,251—284,964
Dathan VoelterRSU32,051—301,920
Dathan VoelterPSU32,051—301,920
John TurnerPSU45,833—431,747
Blake McCarthyRSU48,433—456,238
Blake McCarthyPSU48,433—456,239
John TurnerRSU57,166—538,503
Dathan VoelterRSU69,026—650,224
John TurnerPSU85,744—807,708
John TurnerRSU113,960—1,073,503
John TurnerPSU113,960—1,073,503
Ben BrighamPSU209,194—1,970,607
Ben BrighamPSU230,769—2,173,844
Ben BrighamPSU277,778—2,616,669
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Robb L. VoylesIndependent · Nominating & Corporate Governance · Audit (Chair)$0$250,000$0—$0$250,000
A. Lance LangfordIndependent · Nominating & Corporate Governance (Chair) · Compensation0240,0000—0240,000
Gayle BurlesonIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair)95,000145,0000—0240,000
Mark P. MillsIndependent · Audit · Compensation0220,0000—0220,000
Stacy HockIndependent · Nominating & Corporate Governance · Compensation · Not standing for re-election75,000145,0000—0220,000
John Michael “Mike” HowardIndependent · Nominating & Corporate Governance · Compensation0220,0000—0220,000
Douglas RogersNot independent0220,0000—0220,000

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$75,000
Annual equity retainer$145,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)30,000 / 20,000 / 20,000
Stock ownership guidelineAdopted Stock Ownership Guidelines for executive officers and non-employee directors; ... Maintain robust stock ownership guidelines for officers and independent directors

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$170,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,440,000
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,610,000

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

Peer group, and who names Atlas Energy Solutions as a peer

Companies that benchmark against AESI

3 companies name AESI as a compensation peer

The list of companies that name AESI as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.

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
1Nabors Industries Ltd.2025Anthony Petrello$1,750,000$5,352,354$0$2,049,275$29,636,103
2Expro Group Holdings NV2025Joseph Margolis940,00011,138,71501,616,21314,186,887
3Weatherford International plc2025Girishchandra Saligram1,254,8089,969,03501,735,29613,022,298
4NOV, Inc.2025Clay Williams1,000,0009,576,940899,2081,129,49212,713,187
5Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.2025William Hendricks1,300,0008,497,99102,264,33012,077,321
6Archrock, Inc.2025D. Bradley Childers944,2316,037,304—1,985,3639,037,610
7Helmerich & Payne, Inc.2025John Lindsay1,179,9095,749,95701,559,0169,010,799
8Select Water Solutions, Inc.2021Rob Roy1,046,0005,739,98401,496,9708,758,715
9ChampionX Corporation2024Sivasankaran Somasundaram954,2315,486,640—1,365,7457,830,131
10ProPetro Holding Corp.2025Samuel Sledge975,0004,391,41001,137,5006,539,712
11Liberty Energy Inc.2025Andrew McLean1,100,0002,841,491—1,416,2505,914,780
12Atlas Energy Solutions2025John Turner906,1544,072,930005,508,018
13Oil States International, Inc.2025Cindy Taylor925,0002,400,00301,654,2445,079,386
14Core Laboratories Inc.2025Lawrence Bruno886,9123,505,1050351,2174,980,491
—Expro Group Holdings NV——————not in coverage universe
—Cactus, Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—ProFrac Holding Corp.——————not in coverage universe
—U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—Innovex International, Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—Cactus, Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—Dril-Quip, 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
Atlas Energy Solutionsnot disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners LLC
Archrock, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PRSU 50not disclosedPearl Meyer
Cactus, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Cactus, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
ChampionX Corporationnot disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50not disclosedFrederick W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Core Laboratories Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Dril-Quip, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Expro Group Holdings NVnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Expro Group Holdings NV98.25%PSU 75 · RSU 25Yes — Relative TSRMeridian
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.109.09%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Total Stockholder Return (TSR)Willis Towers Watson
Innovex International, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Liberty Energy Inc.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40Nonot disclosed
Nabors Industries Ltd.not disclosednot disclosedYes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR)Pay Governance
NOV, Inc.87%PSU 50 · RSU 40 · Options 10Yes — TSR (total shareholder return) goalMeridian Compensation Partners
Oil States International, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PRSU 25 · Cash Performance Award 25not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.not disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Total Stockholder Return (TSR)Pay Governance LLC
ProFrac Holding Corp.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
ProPetro Holding Corp.not disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50not disclosedPearl Meyer
Select Water Solutions, Inc.114.5%RSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — Three-year relative TSRFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Weatherford International plc92.3%PSU 75 · RSU 25NoLB&Co.

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
20262026-05-0782,254,0102,438,555252,89197.12%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
20262026-05-0797.12%a

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

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.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)60 : 1
CEO total compensation$5,508,018
Median employee compensation$91,272
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (40 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, John Turner. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 30. As printed: 5,508,018. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Ben Brigham. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 4,450,765. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Chris Scholla. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 4,241,333. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Blake McCarthy. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,483,864. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Dathan Voelter. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,905,244. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Blake McCarthy RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, John Turner RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Dathan Voelter RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Chris Scholla RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Dathan Voelter PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, John Turner PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Blake McCarthy PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Chris Scholla PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Ben Brigham PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 60 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Robb L. Voyles. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 250,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, A. Lance Langford. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 240,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Gayle Burleson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 240,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Mark P. Mills. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 220,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Stacy Hock. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 220,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, John Michael “Mike” Howard. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 220,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Douglas Rogers. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 220,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-05-08. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.12% (votes for as printed: 82,254,010). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 170,000 + equity 1,440,000 + all other 0 = 1,610,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Nabors Industries Ltd., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Nabors Industries Ltd.'s own proxy. As printed: 29,636,103. View filing ↗
  • Expro Group Holdings NV, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Expro Group Holdings NV's own proxy. As printed: 14,186,887. View filing ↗
  • Weatherford International plc, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Weatherford International plc's own proxy. As printed: 13,022,298. View filing ↗
  • NOV, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. CEO total compensation as printed in NOV, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,713,187. View filing ↗
  • Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,077,321. View filing ↗
  • Archrock, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Archrock, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,037,610. View filing ↗
  • Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Helmerich & Payne, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,010,799. View filing ↗
  • Select Water Solutions, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2022-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Select Water Solutions, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,758,715. View filing ↗
  • ChampionX Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in ChampionX Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 7,830,131. View filing ↗
  • ProPetro Holding Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-08. CEO total compensation as printed in ProPetro Holding Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,539,712. View filing ↗
  • Liberty Energy Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Liberty Energy Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,914,780. View filing ↗
  • Atlas Energy Solutions (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Atlas Energy Solutions's own proxy. As printed: 5,508,018. View filing ↗
  • Oil States International, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Oil States International, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,079,386. View filing ↗
  • Core Laboratories Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in Core Laboratories Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,980,491. View filing ↗
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