Fiscal year 2025 executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.
Each company listed discloses KELYA in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named KELYA in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Layden | $307,692 | $450,000 | $4,000,003 | $0 | $450,000 | $0 | $0 | $5,207,696 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Peter Quigley | 884,135 | 0 | 2,321,887 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121,131 | 3,327,152 |
| Former President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Troy Anderson | 650,000 | 0 | 938,019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32,500 | 1,620,519 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Tammy Browning | 461,869 | 0 | 803,765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30,945 | 1,296,579 |
| Senior Vice President and Group President Enterprise Talent Management | ||||||||
| Vanessa Williams | 518,173 | 0 | 625,333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,763 | 1,149,270 |
| Executive Vice President General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||
| Nicola Soares | 418,723 | 0 | 295,838 | 0 | 89,816 | 0 | 21,285 | 825,662 |
| Senior Vice President and President Education | ||||||||
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.
| Named executive officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Layden | $5,207,696 | — | — | — |
| Peter Quigley | 3,327,152 | 4,128,439 | 4,163,424 | −801,287 |
| Troy Anderson | 1,620,519 | 4,441,748 | — | −2,821,229 |
| Tammy Browning | 1,296,579 | — | — | — |
| Vanessa Williams | 1,149,270 | 1,348,130 | 1,225,784 | −198,860 |
| Nicola Soares | 825,662 | 1,125,229 | — | −299,567 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Anderson | RSU | 2025-02-11 | — | — | 29,018 | — | $390,002 |
| Troy Anderson | PSU | 2025-02-11 | 21,764 | 43,528 | — | 87,056 | 548,018 |
| Tammy Browning | RSU | 2025-02-11 | — | — | 9,397 | — | 126,296 |
| Tammy Browning | PSU | 2025-02-11 | 7,048 | 14,096 | — | 28,192 | 177,469 |
| Tammy Browning | RSU | 2025-08-15 | — | — | 35,638 | — | 500,001 |
| Christopher Layden | RSU | 2025-09-15 | — | — | 290,276 | — | 4,000,003 |
| Peter Quigley | PSU | 2025-02-11 | 68,011 | 136,022 | — | 272,044 | 1,712,517 |
| Peter Quigley | RSU | 2025-02-11 | — | — | 45,340 | — | 609,370 |
| Nicola Soares | RSU | 2025-02-11 | — | — | 9,152 | — | 123,003 |
| Nicola Soares | PSU | 2025-02-11 | 6,864 | 13,728 | — | 27,456 | 172,836 |
| Vanessa Williams | RSU | 2025-02-11 | — | — | 19,345 | — | 259,997 |
| Vanessa Williams | PSU | 2025-02-11 | 14,509 | 29,018 | — | 58,036 | 365,337 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Anderson | $390,002 | $548,018 | $0 | 58.4% |
| Tammy Browning | 626,297 | 177,469 | 0 | 22.1% |
| Christopher Layden | 4,000,003 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Peter Quigley | 609,370 | 1,712,517 | 0 | 73.8% |
| Nicola Soares | 123,003 | 172,836 | 0 | 58.4% |
| Vanessa Williams | 259,997 | 365,337 | 0 | 58.4% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Layden | PSU | 290,276 | — | $2,499,276 |
| Peter Quigley | PSU | 90,682 | — | 780,772 |
| Troy Anderson | PSU | 86,122 | — | 741,510 |
| Peter Quigley | PSU | 73,547 | — | 633,240 |
| Peter Quigley | RSU | 69,658 | — | 599,755 |
| Peter Quigley | RSU | 61,988 | — | 533,717 |
| Tammy Browning | RSU | 47,555 | — | 409,449 |
| Troy Anderson | RSU | 36,799 | — | 316,839 |
| Troy Anderson | PSU | 29,020 | — | 249,862 |
| Peter Quigley | PSU | 27,034 | — | 232,763 |
| Vanessa Williams | RSU | 24,533 | — | 211,229 |
| Vanessa Williams | PSU | 19,346 | — | 166,569 |
| Tammy Browning | RSU | 17,438 | — | 150,141 |
| Nicola Soares | RSU | 17,119 | — | 147,395 |
| Vanessa Williams | PSU | 5,708 | — | 49,146 |
| Vanessa Williams | RSU | 14,994 | — | 129,098 |
| Vanessa Williams | PSU | 12,711 | — | 109,442 |
| Nicola Soares | RSU | 11,606 | — | 99,928 |
| Tammy Browning | PSU | 9,398 | — | 80,917 |
| Tammy Browning | PSU | 9,235 | — | 79,513 |
| Nicola Soares | PSU | 9,152 | — | 78,799 |
| Nicola Soares | PSU | 8,429 | — | 72,574 |
| Peter Quigley | PSU | 5,307 | — | 45,693 |
| Tammy Browning | PSU | 2,892 | — | 24,900 |
| Nicola Soares | PSU | 2,774 | — | 23,884 |
| Vanessa Williams | PSU | 1,190 | — | 10,246 |
| Tammy Browning | PSU | 755 | — | 6,501 |
| Nicola Soares | PSU | 715 | — | 6,156 |
Kelly's executive compensation philosophy is to provide market-based pay opportunities with incentive payouts aligned with the achievement of the Company's overall short- and long-term business strategy, performance goals, and results. The design allocates total compensation to fixed and variable pay elements, with a majority of senior officer compensation being 'at risk' and based upon the achievement of corporate and business unit results, the Company's share price performance, and individual performance.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Pearl Meyer |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-07 | 3,052,698 | 941 | 471 | 99.95% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-05-08 | 3,180,023 | 1,076 | 99 | 99.96% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-05-09 | 3,156,040 | 33,250 | 478 | 98.94% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-05-17 | 3,183,378 | 44,584 | 1,751 | 98.57% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-05-18 | 3,152,865 | 45,275 | 1,342 | 98.54% | Passed |
| 2021 | 2021-05-19 | 3,154,947 | 1,093 | 529 | 99.95% | 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.
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company's computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-07 | 99.95%a |
| 2025 | 2025-05-08 | 99.96%b |
| 2024 | 2024-05-09 | 98.94%c |
a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the effect of negative votes concerning these proposals.”.
b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the effect of negative votes concerning these proposals.”.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “If you hold your shares in your own name and abstain from voting on this matter, your abstention will have the effect of a vote against this proposal.”.
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.
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | 512 : 1 |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | — |
| Median employee compensation | $11,526 |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrence B. LarkinIndependent | $150,000 | $200,000 | — | — | $0 | $350,000 |
| Annual cash retainer | $100,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $150,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 15,000 / 15,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | $400,000 |
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $150,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $200,000 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $350,000 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Of the companies Kelly Services names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.
Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Kelly Services.
Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ManpowerGroup Inc. | 2025 | Jonas Prising | $1,300,000 | $10,893,619 | $0 | $967,909 | $13,268,466 |
| 2 | ASGN Inc. | 2025 | Theodore Hanson | 1,100,000 | 7,787,118 | 0 | 1,566,066 | 10,475,672 |
| 3 | Robert Half International Inc. | 2025 | M. Keith Waddell | 500,000 | 4,532,948 | 0 | 839,330 | 6,073,178 |
| 4 | Kforce Inc. | 2025 | Joseph Liberatore | 925,000 | 3,217,504 | 0 | 1,029,063 | 5,415,821 |
| 5 | Kelly Services | 2025 | Christopher Layden | 307,692 | 4,000,003 | 0 | 450,000 | 5,207,696 |
| 6 | Barrett Business Services, Inc. | 2025 | Gary Kramer | 887,258 | 2,524,723 | 0 | 1,359,289 | 5,002,291 |
| 7 | AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. | 2025 | Theodore Wahl | 1,005,108 | 2,475,457 | 818,544 | 330,851 | 4,725,723 |
| 8 | TrueBlue, Inc. | 2025 | Taryn Owen | 950,000 | 2,545,479 | 0 | 1,118,625 | 4,614,104 |
| — | Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Insperity, 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.
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Services | not disclosed | PSU 75 · Restricted Stock 25 | not disclosed | Pearl Meyer |
| AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | Yes — relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR) | Independent compensation consultant (name not specified in provided text) |
| ASGN Inc. | not disclosed | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | No | Semler Brossy |
| Barrett Business Services, Inc. | 164% | not disclosed | No | Mercer |
| Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Insperity, Inc. | not disclosed | PSU 65 · RSU 35 | not disclosed | Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. |
| Kforce Inc. | 89% | RSU 100 | Yes — Three-year TSR performance relative to Performance Peer Group | Pay Governance LLC |
| ManpowerGroup Inc. | 46.5% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | Yes — relative Total Shareholder Return (rTSR) | Mercer |
| Robert Half International Inc. | 59.1% | PSU 100 | No | Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. |
| TrueBlue, Inc. | 79% | RSU 50 · PSU 50 | No | Mercer (US) LLC |
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.
Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Christopher Layden | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Summary Compensation Table 2025”. As printed: 5,207,696. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c44 · span 1287902–1287911 |
| 2 | Section 01, Peter Quigley | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Summary Compensation Table 2025”. As printed: 3,327,152. Filing ↗machine: r22 · c44 · span 1325182–1325191 |
| 3 | Section 01, Troy Anderson | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Summary Compensation Table 2025”. As printed: 1,620,519. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c44 · span 1290958–1290967 |
| 4 | Section 01, Tammy Browning | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Summary Compensation Table 2025”. As printed: 1,296,579. Filing ↗machine: r9 · c44 · span 1301230–1301239 |
| 5 | Section 01, Vanessa Williams | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Summary Compensation Table 2025”. As printed: 1,149,270. Filing ↗machine: r11 · c44 · span 1304288–1304297 |
| 6 | Section 01, Nicola Soares | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Summary Compensation Table 2025”. As printed: 825,662. Filing ↗machine: r16 · c44 · span 1314708–1314715 |
| 7 | Section 03, Troy Anderson RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1392660–1392667 |
| 8 | Section 03, Troy Anderson PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1388175–1388182 |
| 9 | Section 03, Tammy Browning RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1401427–1401434 |
| 10 | Section 03, Tammy Browning PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1398656–1398663 |
| 11 | Section 03, Tammy Browning RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1405384–1405391 |
| 12 | Section 03, Christopher Layden RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1382667–1382676 |
| 13 | Section 03, Peter Quigley PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1434582–1434591 |
| 14 | Section 03, Peter Quigley RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1438541–1438548 |
| 15 | Section 03, Nicola Soares RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1426347–1426354 |
| 16 | Section 03, Nicola Soares PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1421863–1421870 |
| 17 | Section 03, Vanessa Williams RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1415868–1415875 |
| 18 | Section 03, Vanessa Williams PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1411383–1411390 |
| 19 | Section 07, pay ratio | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 512 : 1. Filing ↗ |
| 20 | Section 08, Terrence B. Larkin | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 350,000. Filing ↗machine: span 873419–873433 |
| 21 | Section 06, 2026 vote | Form 8-K | 2026-05-13 | 0001193125-26-221663 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.95% (votes for as printed: 3,052,698). Filing ↗ |
| 22 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-05-09 | 0001193125-25-116900 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.96% (votes for as printed: 3,180,023). Filing ↗ |
| 23 | Section 06, 2024 vote | Form 8-K | 2024-05-14 | 0001193125-24-137799 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.94% (votes for as printed: 3,156,040). Filing ↗ |
| 24 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1) |
| 25 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | computed | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 26 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Cash 150,000 + equity 200,000 + all other 0 = 350,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 350,000 |
| 27 | ManpowerGroup Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-23 | 0001193125-26-119922 | CEO total compensation as printed in ManpowerGroup Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 13,268,466. Filing ↗machine: t214 · r4 · c28 · span 2695592–2695602 |
| 28 | ASGN Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-27 | 0000890564-26-000031 | CEO total compensation as printed in ASGN Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,475,672. Filing ↗machine: t64 · r2 · c7 · span 641233–641243 |
| 29 | Robert Half International Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-10 | 0000315213-26-000010 | CEO total compensation as printed in Robert Half International Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,073,178. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c21 · span 645431–645440 |
| 30 | Kforce Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-13 | 0000930420-26-000013 | CEO total compensation as printed in Kforce Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,415,821. Filing ↗machine: t67 · r2 · c17 · span 598740–598749 |
| 31 | Kelly Services (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-13 | 0001193125-26-152858 | CEO total compensation as printed in Kelly Services's own proxy. As printed: 5,207,696. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c44 · span 1287902–1287911 |
| 32 | Barrett Business Services, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-20 | 0001193125-26-163963 | CEO total compensation as printed in Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,002,291. Filing ↗machine: span 513664–513673 |
| 33 | AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-15 | 0000731012-26-000021 | CEO total compensation as printed in AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,725,723. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c16 · span 1104226–1104235 |
| 34 | TrueBlue, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-14 | 0001999371-26-008266 | CEO total compensation as printed in TrueBlue, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,614,104. Filing ↗machine: t383 · r2 · c24 · span 1124603–1124612 |
| 35 | Section 10a, TrueBlue, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001999371-26-008266 | TrueBlue, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Kelly Services. Filing ↗ |
| 36 | Section 10a, ManpowerGroup Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-119922 | ManpowerGroup Inc. names Kelly Services in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗ |
| 37 | Section 10a, Barrett Business Services, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-163963 | Barrett Business Services, Inc. names Kelly Services in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗ |
| 38 | Section 10a, ASGN Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0000890564-26-000031 | ASGN Inc. names Kelly Services in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗ |
| 39 | Section 10a, Insperity, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001000753-26-000043 | Insperity, Inc. names Kelly Services in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗ |
| 40 | Section 10a, AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0000731012-26-000021 | AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Kelly Services. Filing ↗ |
| 41 | Section 10a, Kforce Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0000930420-26-000013 | Kforce Inc. names Kelly Services in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗ |