Christopher Franklin compensation by year
Essential Utilities Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held| Component | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $658,324 | $705,730 | $749,321 | $792,909 | $858,846 | $900,173 | $938,628 | $985,584 | $1,023,134 | $1,103,931 |
| Bonus | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $1,271,034 | $1,139,644 | $1,158,719 | $448,884 | $2,053,175 | $2,144,852 | $2,138,892 | $2,523,854 | $3,035,513 | $3,366,470 |
| Option awards | $0 | $110,106 | $178,220 | $997,962 | $0 | $0 | $246,090 | $298,940 | $349,956 | $652,838 |
| Non-equity incentive | $862,858 | $711,103 | $913,150 | $945,110 | $1,234,625 | $1,180,270 | $1,226,070 | $1,437,300 | $1,460,781 | $2,218,607 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $1,017,238 | $1,632,770 | $535,338 | $2,610,971 | $3,008,515 | $1,096,773 | $0 | $2,483,717 | $329,976 | $1,841,343 |
| All other | $14,645 | $14,150 | $17,957 | $15,190 | $18,198 | $17,648 | $19,367 | $20,555 | $23,632 | $29,626 |
| Total | $3,824,099 | $4,313,503 | $3,552,705 | $5,811,026 | $7,173,359 | $5,339,716 | $4,569,047 | $7,749,950 | $6,222,992 | $9,212,815 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Essential Utilities, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 17, 2026, accession 0001552781-26-000133, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the Essential Utilities, Inc. filed document, accession 0001552781-26-000133. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 17, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | 154,294 | $6,283,971 | — |
| RSU | 78,886 | $3,195,251 | — |
| Option | 82,118 | — | $35.33 |
| Option | 28,732 | — | $35.78 |
| Option | 8,764 | — | $45.39 |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Essential Utilities, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Essential Utilities’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Franklin · this page | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | $9,212,815 |
| Christopher Luning | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | $2,970,353 |
| Daniel Schuller | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $2,419,488 |
| Colleen Arnold | President, Aqua | $1,228,564 |
| Michael Huwar | President, Peoples Gas | $1,205,483 |
Board service
Essential Utilities board · FY2021–FY2025How this board is paid
Company policy: Essential Utilities pays directors a $110,000 cash retainer and $135,000 in Stock. As stated in Essential Utilities's FY2025 proxy.
Committees
Executive (Chair)
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