Chief Executive Officer · Archer Aviation Inc. (ACHR)

Adam Goldstein

A named executive officer of Archer Aviation in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$11,397,947

FY2024: $17,763,000

1st of 6 named executive officers at Archer Aviation by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for Archer Aviation, FY2025

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The filing gives the total. Archer Aviation’s full Executive Compensation Report gives every award, the disclosed peer set and what the total leaves out — the pair adds the board’s.

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Adam Goldstein compensation by year

Archer Aviation Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Archer Aviation reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$250,000$458,333$600,000$600,000$750,000$750,000
Bonus$0$300,000$600,000$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$145,567,104$0$0$16,487,500$9,897,947
Option awards$209,627$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$393,750$525,500$750,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$0$0$0$10,000$0$0
Total$459,627$146,325,437$1,200,000$1,003,750$17,763,000$11,397,947

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Archer Aviation Inc. DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-052227, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Archer Aviation Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-26-052227. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

$460K
$146.3M
$1.2M
$1.0M
$17.8M
$11.4M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU10,004,612$75,234,682—
RSU475,000$3,572,000—
RSU360,231$2,708,937—
RSU328,125$2,467,500—
RSU270,173$2,031,701—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Archer Aviation Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 30, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-05-15Grant or award derivative—788,552$0.00788,552

The 1 most recent of 1 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Archer Aviation discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$3,000,000$4,625,951$83,182$7,709,133
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,000,000$5,077,436$83,182$8,160,619

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Archer Aviation Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Archer Aviation’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Adam Goldstein · this pageChief Executive Officer$11,397,947
Tosha PerkinsFormer Chief Administrative Officer$5,664,868
Eric LentellChief Strategy & Legal Officer$5,637,824
Thomas MunizChief Technology Officer$3,385,044
Mark MeslerFormer Chief Financial Officer$3,014,432
Priya GuptaActing Chief Financial Officer$2,608,740

Board service

Archer Aviation board · FY2021–FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: Archer Aviation pays directors a $140,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in RSUs. As stated in Archer Aviation's FY2024 proxy.

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How this record is built

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