Chief Executive Officer · CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW)

Damon Hininger

A named executive officer of CoreCivic 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

$7,203,173

FY2024: $7,471,923

1st of 5 named executive officers at CoreCivic by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 31, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Damon Hininger compensation by year

CoreCivic Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CoreCivic reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$861,000$886,830$926,350$940,040$940,040$963,540$1,014,374$1,060,751$1,092,582$1,110,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,043,779$0$2,145,977$2,600,002$2,600,000$2,600,002$2,600,005$2,799,997$4,000,011$3,000,011
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$86,100$1,390,476$883,997$1,677,556$658,978$1,694,859$1,305,217$1,788,378$2,211,822$2,775,001
Pension and deferred compensation$29,355$32,303$30,115$19,569$55,536$85,678$77,723$0$0$2,055
All other$80,964$64,048$131,230$111,759$150,897$101,237$162,422$142,911$167,508$316,106
Total$3,101,198$2,373,657$4,117,669$5,348,926$4,405,451$5,445,316$5,159,741$5,792,037$7,471,923$7,203,173

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CoreCivic, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 31, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-012100, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the CoreCivic, Inc. filed document, accession 0001140361-26-012100. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 31, 2026.

$3.1M
$2.4M
$4.1M
$5.3M
$4.4M
$5.4M
$5.2M
$5.8M
$7.5M
$7.2M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU223,673$4,274,391—
PSU167,667$3,204,116—
PSU110,330$2,108,406—

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

CoreCivic’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Damon Hininger · this pageChief Executive Officer$7,203,173
Patrick SwindlePresident and Chief Operating Officer$3,488,419
Anthony GrandeExecutive Vice President and Chief Development Officer$3,321,232
David GarfinkleExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,293,765
Lucibeth MayberryExecutive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer$3,196,487

Board service

CoreCivic board · FY2024–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: CoreCivic pays directors a $90,000 cash retainer and $155,000 in RSUs. As stated in CoreCivic's FY2025 proxy.

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