Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer · Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)

Gary Millerchip

A named executive officer of Costco Wholesale in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$6,770,513

FY2024: $14,279,444

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed December 4, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Gary Millerchip compensation by year

Costco Wholesale Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Costco Wholesale reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$456,923$915,115
Bonus$4,008,615$16,000
Stock awards$9,651,671$5,453,713
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$79,693$184,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$82,542$201,685
Total$14,279,444$6,770,513

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Costco Wholesale Corp DEF 14A filed December 4, 2025, accession 0000909832-25-000159, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$14.3M
$6.8M
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU6,536$6,165,540—
RSU6,268$5,912,730—
RSU3,138$2,960,138—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Costco Wholesale Corp'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 December 4, 2025)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-03-11Tax withholding—1,154.02$992.2315,465.3

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 Costco Wholesale discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause—$0—$0
Change in control, no termination—$15,038,407—$15,038,407
Change in control and involuntary termination—$15,038,407—$15,038,407
Change in control and resignation for good reason—$15,038,407—$15,038,407

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

Costco Wholesale’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Ron VachrisChief Executive Officer, President and Director$13,932,597
Javier PolitExecutive Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Officer$7,508,209
Gary Millerchip · this pageExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$6,770,513
Richard GalantiFormer Executive Vice President$6,504,736
Pierre RielExecutive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer - International Division$5,287,017
Russ MillerSenior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer - Warehouse Operations, U.S. and Mexico$5,181,678

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