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Equitable (EQU): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$18,001,113CEO Mark Pearson · source
CEO vs. named peers63rd pct.Of 15 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio154:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $15,833,102FY2023
  • $17,428,042FY2024
  • $18,001,113FY2025

CEO total pay was $18,001,113 in fiscal 2025, up from $17,428,042 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $1,249,862 · bonus $0 · stock awards $12,600,049 · option awards $0

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Equitable Holdings, Inc. in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Mark Pearson (Chief Executive Officer and President, Equitable Holdings) was the highest-paid executive at Equitable Holdings, Inc. in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $18,001,113.
How does Equitable Holdings, Inc.'s chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Mark Pearson's total compensation ranked at the 63rd percentile of Equitable Holdings, Inc.'s disclosed peer group.
What is Equitable Holdings, Inc.'s CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Equitable Holdings, Inc.'s CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 154:1.
How much does Equitable Holdings, Inc. spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Equitable Holdings, Inc. reported total board compensation of $3,940,280 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
Mark Pearson$1,249,862$0$12,600,049$0$3,431,320$602,959$116,923$18,001,113
Chief Executive Officer and President, Equitable Holdings
Seth Bernstein500,0006,925,0007,575,070000133,13015,133,200
President and CEO, AllianceBernstein Corporation
Nick Lane897,58303,000,10301,678,600420,86325,5616,022,710
President, Equitable
Jeffrey Hurd898,80802,500,12101,880,250631,09317,5005,927,772
Chief Operating Officer, Equitable Holdings
Robin Raju847,71803,000,10301,700,40019,11917,5005,584,840
Chief Financial Officer, Equitable Holdings

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
Mark Pearson$18,001,113$17,428,042$15,833,102↑ +573,071
Seth Bernstein15,133,20012,127,19410,124,255↑ +3,006,006
Nick Lane6,022,7105,842,3105,422,534↑ +180,400
Jeffrey Hurd5,927,7725,985,9035,718,497↓ −58,131
Robin Raju5,584,8405,744,0154,898,854↓ −159,175

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 overriding goal of the EQH Compensation Program is to attract, retain and motivate top-performing executives dedicated to our long-term financial and operational success. The program fosters a pay-for-performance culture by making performance-based variable compensation the principal component of executive pay and establishing equity-based arrangements that align executives’ financial interests with those of stockholders.

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

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Pearson MarkRSU2025-02-13——94,524—$5,040,020
Bernstein SethRSU2025-02-13——7,502—400,007
Hurd JeffreyPSU2025-02-133,51714,067—28,134750,052
Hurd JeffreyRSU2025-02-13——18,755—1,000,017
Lane NickRSU2025-02-13——22,506—1,200,020
Raju RobinPSU2025-02-134,22016,880—33,760900,042
Nick LanePSU2025-02-134,22016,880—33,760900,042
Lane NickPSU2025-02-134,22016,880—33,760900,042
Bernstein SethPSU2025-02-131,4075,627—11,254300,032
Seth BernsteinPSU2025-02-131,4075,627—11,254300,032
Robin RajuRSU2025-02-13——22,506—1,200,020
Mark PearsonPSU2025-02-1317,72370,893—141,7863,780,015
Pearson MarkPSU2025-02-1317,72370,893—141,7863,780,015
Raju RobinRSU2025-02-13——22,506—1,200,020
Bernstein SethRSU2025-12-10——159,937—6,575,000
Seth BernsteinRSU2025-12-10——159,937—6,575,000
Seth BernsteinRSU2025-02-13——7,502—400,007
Jeffrey HurdRSU2025-02-13——18,755—1,000,017
Jeffrey HurdPSU2025-02-133,51714,067—28,134750,052
Nick LaneRSU2025-02-13——22,506—1,200,020
Mark PearsonRSU2025-02-13——94,524—5,040,020
Robin RajuPSU2025-02-134,22016,880—33,760900,042

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Pearson Mark$5,040,020$3,780,015$042.9%
Bernstein Seth6,975,007300,03204.1%
Hurd Jeffrey1,000,017750,052042.9%
Lane Nick1,200,020900,042042.9%
Raju Robin1,200,020900,042042.9%
Nick Lane1,200,020900,042042.9%
Seth Bernstein6,975,007300,03204.1%
Robin Raju1,200,020900,042042.9%
Mark Pearson5,040,0203,780,015042.9%
Jeffrey Hurd1,000,017750,052042.9%

% 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
SethPSU58,123—$2,769,561
JeffreyRSU107,951—5,143,854
RobinRSU118,819—5,661,739
NickRSU120,681—5,750,473
JeffreyPSU145,294—6,923,259
RobinPSU162,050—7,721,683
NickPSU163,807—7,805,404
SethRSU338,844—13,405,419
MarkRSU499,716—23,811,480
MarkPSU697,104—33,217,006
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Joan Lamm-TennantIndependent · Board Chair · Executive (Chair)$372,750$450,031———$822,781
Charles G.T. StonehillIndependent · Executive · Finance and Risk (Chair)320,250345,045———665,295
Daniel G. KayeIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)286,750345,045———631,795
Bertram L. ScottIndependent · Compensation and Talent · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Not standing for re-election150,000175,045———325,045
Craig MacKayIndependent · Audit · Finance and Risk125,000175,045———300,045
Francis A. HondalIndependent · Compensation and Talent · Finance and Risk125,000175,045———300,045
Arlene Isaacs-LoweIndependent · Audit · Compensation and Talent · Nominating and Corporate Governance125,000175,045———300,045
George StansfieldIndependent · Compensation and Talent (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Finance and Risk125,000175,045———300,045
Douglas DachilleIndependent · Finance and Risk120,139175,045———295,184

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$125,000
Annual equity retainer$175,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)35,000 / 25,000 / 20,000
Stock ownership guideline$5

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$1,749,889
Equity awards (grant-date value)$2,190,391
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$3,940,280

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

Peer group, and who names Equitable as a peer

Companies that benchmark against EQU

No companies currently name EQU 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
1Ameriprise Financial, Inc.2025James Cracchiolo$1,250,000$15,010,000$3,990,000$7,750,000$30,828,468
2Lincoln National Corporation2025Ellen Cooper1,314,46220,303,44405,357,88027,991,242
3MetLife, Inc.2025Michel Khalaf1,500,00014,797,60104,600,00022,364,273
4Unum Group2025Richard McKenney1,128,2705,643,777011,587,99519,417,476
5Equitable Holdings, Inc.2025Mark Pearson1,249,86212,600,04903,431,32018,001,113
6Corebridge Financial2025Marc Costantini88,4627,801,4722,499,996016,142,230
7Principal Financial Group, Inc.2025Deanna Strable-Soethout990,7698,870,70803,091,20013,827,887
8Reinsurance Group of America2025Tony Cheng999,4235,624,9851,875,0162,500,00013,063,229
9Voya Financial, Inc.2025Heather Lavallee991,6676,942,72704,456,00012,593,676
10Prudential Financial, Inc.2025Andrew Sullivan1,089,2054,618,26604,664,00011,408,423
11CNO Financial Group, Inc.2025Gary Bhojwani1,065,0007,718,44002,411,07911,243,261
12Brighthouse Financial, Inc.2025Eric Steigerwalt1,050,0006,562,47302,535,75010,461,127
13Globe Life Inc.2025Frank Svoboda900,0003,996,5872,014,8021,724,3109,453,935
—Jackson Financial——————not in coverage universe
—Manulife Financial Corporation——————not in coverage universe
—Sun Life Financial, 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
Equitable Holdings, Inc.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.155%PSU 50NoSemler Brossy
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.115%PSU 70 · RSU 30NoSemler Brossy
CNO Financial Group, Inc.125%PSU 55 · RSU 45NoWTW
Corebridge Financialnot disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 25 · Option 25Yes — Total Shareholder Return (TSR)Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Globe Life Inc.not disclosedPSU 60 · Options 30 · RSU 10NoPay Governance
Jackson Financialnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Lincoln National Corporation147.6%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (Relative TSR)Pay Governance LLC
Manulife Financial Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
MetLife, Inc.100.5%PSU 70 · RSU 30Yes — TSR relative to TSR Peer GroupMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Principal Financial Group, Inc.104%PSU 70 · RSU 30NoCompensation Advisory Partners
Prudential Financial, Inc.106%PSU 75 · RSU 25NoFW Cook
Reinsurance Group of Americanot disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 20 · Options 20NoMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Sun Life Financial, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Unum Group76.4%RSU 50 · PSU 25 · CIU 25NoPay Governance LLC
Voya Financial, Inc.155%PSU 55 · RSU 45Yes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR)Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (FW Cook)

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

No say-on-pay vote is on file for this company.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)154 : 1
CEO total compensation$18,001,113
Median employee compensation$117,020
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (53 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, Mark Pearson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Compensation Tables” · page 59. As printed: 18,001,113. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Seth Bernstein. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Compensation Tables” · page 59. As printed: 15,133,200. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Nick Lane. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Compensation Tables” · page 59. As printed: 6,022,710. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Jeffrey Hurd. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Compensation Tables” · page 59. As printed: 5,927,772. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Robin Raju. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Compensation Tables” · page 59. As printed: 5,584,840. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Pearson Mark RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Bernstein Seth RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Hurd Jeffrey PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Hurd Jeffrey RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Lane Nick RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Raju Robin PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Nick Lane PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Lane Nick PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Bernstein Seth PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Seth Bernstein PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robin Raju RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Mark Pearson PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Pearson Mark PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Raju Robin RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Bernstein Seth RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Seth Bernstein RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Seth Bernstein RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jeffrey Hurd RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jeffrey Hurd PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Nick Lane RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Mark Pearson RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robin Raju PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 154 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Joan Lamm-Tennant. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 822,781. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Charles G.T. Stonehill. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 665,295. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Daniel G. Kaye. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 631,795. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Bertram L. Scott. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 325,045. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Craig MacKay. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 300,045. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Francis A. Hondal. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 300,045. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Arlene Isaacs-Lowe. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 300,045. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, George Stansfield. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 300,045. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Douglas Dachille. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 295,184. 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 1,749,889 + equity 2,190,391 + all other 0 = 3,940,280, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Ameriprise Financial, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Ameriprise Financial, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 30,828,468. View filing ↗
  • Lincoln National Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Lincoln National Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 27,991,242. View filing ↗
  • MetLife, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in MetLife, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 22,364,273. View filing ↗
  • Unum Group, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Unum Group's own proxy. As printed: 19,417,476. View filing ↗
  • Equitable Holdings, Inc. (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Equitable Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 18,001,113. View filing ↗
  • Corebridge Financial, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-05. CEO total compensation as printed in Corebridge Financial's own proxy. As printed: 16,142,230. View filing ↗
  • Principal Financial Group, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-06. CEO total compensation as printed in Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 13,827,887. View filing ↗
  • Reinsurance Group of America, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Reinsurance Group of America's own proxy. As printed: 13,063,229. View filing ↗
  • Voya Financial, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Voya Financial, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,593,676. View filing ↗
  • Prudential Financial, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Prudential Financial, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,408,423. View filing ↗
  • CNO Financial Group, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in CNO Financial Group, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,243,261. View filing ↗
  • Brighthouse Financial, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. CEO total compensation as printed in Brighthouse Financial, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,461,127. View filing ↗
  • Globe Life Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-19. CEO total compensation as printed in Globe Life Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,453,935. View filing ↗
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