President and Chief Executive Officer · ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (ESSA)

Gary Olson

A named executive officer of ESSA Bancorp in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2023. 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, FY2023

$1,120,499

FY2022: $1,247,179

1st of 3 named executive officers at Essa Bancorp by FY2023 total.

3 named officers on file for ESSA Bancorp, FY2023

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 25, 2024 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Gary Olson compensation by year

ESSA Bancorp Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as ESSA Bancorp reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023
Salary$533,729$560,827
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$100,006$100,000
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$543,266$387,552
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$70,198$72,120
Total$1,247,179$1,120,499

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: ESSA Bancorp, Inc. DEF 14A filed January 25, 2024, accession 0001193125-24-015377, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the ESSA Bancorp, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-24-015377. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed January 25, 2024.

$1.2M
$1.1M
FY22
FY23
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU3,868$58,055—
RSU3,005$45,105—
RSU2,041$30,635—
RSU1,934$29,033—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in ESSA Bancorp, Inc.'s FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

6 Form 4 lines since the FY2023 proxy (filed January 25, 2024)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2025-07-23Disposition to the issuer—43,305—0
2025-07-23Disposition to the issuer—15,120—0
2025-07-23Disposition to the issuer—74,079—0
2025-07-23Disposition to the issuer—130—0
2025-07-23Disposition to the issuer—136—0
2025-07-15Tax withholding—4,157$20.3274,079

The 6 most recent of 6 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 →

ESSA Bancorp’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
Gary Olson · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$1,120,499
Peter GraySenior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$626,115
Charles HangenExecutive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer$564,031

Board service

ESSA Bancorp board · FY2023

How this board is paid

Company policy: ESSA Bancorp pays directors a $24,000 cash retainer. As stated in ESSA Bancorp's FY2023 proxy.

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