Former Chairman of the Company and Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Corporation · Eaton Corp plc (ETN)

Craig Arnold

A named executive officer of Eaton in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 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

$13,974,141

FY2024: $22,575,468

1st of 7 named executive officers at Eaton by FY2025 total.

7 named officers on file for Eaton, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 13, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Craig Arnold compensation by year

Eaton Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Eaton reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,040,389$1,125,002$1,200,004$1,300,000$1,116,346$1,391,667$1,400,000$1,441,667$1,450,000$602,552
Bonus$0$0$0$0$1,080,000$0$588,000$0$0$0
Stock awards$7,434,517$5,956,210$6,929,798$8,280,171$8,514,256$9,172,627$8,058,926$10,029,689$12,611,090$8,626,397
Option awards$1,453,379$1,948,435$2,025,739$2,499,904$2,517,413$2,677,140$2,443,490$3,012,084$3,567,137$2,884,782
Non-equity incentive$1,703,088$2,293,117$2,277,000$1,965,600$0$2,800,000$1,364,160$4,032,160$3,183,548$718,958
Pension and deferred compensation$1,376,872$3,815,514$2,207,869$5,862,230$4,082,258$3,163,742$0$1,743,780$1,605,502$1,005,216
All other$28,864$39,863$33,435$54,459$163,474$162,431$211,465$234,609$158,191$136,236
Total$13,037,109$15,178,141$14,673,845$19,962,364$17,473,747$19,367,607$14,066,041$20,493,989$22,575,468$13,974,141

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Eaton Corp plc DEF 14A filed March 13, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-105117, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Eaton Corp plc filed document, accession 0001193125-26-105117. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 13, 2026.

$13.0M
$15.2M
$14.7M
$20.0M
$17.5M
$19.4M
$14.1M
$20.5M
$22.6M
$14.0M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
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
RSU44,393$14,139,614—
PSU11,773$3,749,818—
RSU9,690$3,086,362—
RSU8,352$2,660,196—
PSU2,691$857,110—
Option21,080—$172.78
Option26,264—$286.96
Option30,000—$297.35

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

Eaton’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Craig Arnold · this pageFormer Chairman of the Company and Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Corporation$13,974,141
Paulo RuizChief Executive Officer of Eaton Corporation$7,923,677
Olivier LeonettiExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Eaton Corporation$5,100,580
Ernest MarshallFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Eaton Corporation$5,091,532
Kaled AwadaExecutive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Eaton Corporation$5,003,915
Heath MonesmithPresident and Chief Operating Officer Electrical Sector of Eaton Corporation$4,339,482
Lucy Clark DoughertyExecutive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Eaton Corporation$4,207,257

Board service

Eaton board · FY2021–FY2022

How this board is paid

Company policy: Eaton pays directors a $150,000 cash retainer and $150,000 in RSUs. As stated in Eaton's FY2022 proxy.

Committees

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