Former CEO and President · Mesa Laboratories Inc (MLAB)

Gary Owens

A named executive officer of Mesa Laboratories in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 to FY2026. 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, FY2026

$6,643,208

FY2025: $6,599,891

1st of 3 named executive officers at Mesa Laboratories by FY2026 total.

3 named officers on file for Mesa Laboratories, FY2026

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed July 22, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Gary Owens compensation by year

Mesa Laboratories Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Mesa Laboratories reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$10,959$416,851$520,000$600,000$523,846$579,231$732,692$754,000$777,981$808,846
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$860,860$0$1,860,489$1,654,286$880,493$15,216,960$3,205,716$3,560,850$4,600,170$4,700,017
Option awards$1,014,300$92,480$265,800$644,345$933,383$1,200,052$962,521$774,002$0$0
Non-equity incentive$11,538$172,875$603,500$577,800$211,000$1,072,600$282,750$331,600$1,206,800$1,120,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0$0$0
All other$329$323,674$20,800$9,538$8,996$8,138$6,692$15,114$14,940$14,345
Total$1,897,986$1,005,880$3,270,589$3,485,969$2,557,718$17,306,341$5,190,371$5,435,566$6,599,891$6,643,208

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Mesa Laboratories Inc DEF 14A filed July 22, 2026, accession 0000724004-26-000071, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Mesa Laboratories Inc filed document, accession 0000724004-26-000071. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed July 22, 2026.

$1.9M
$1.0M
$3.3M
$3.5M
$2.6M
$17.3M
$5.2M
$5.4M
$6.6M
$6.6M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU9,621$2,283,256—
PSU25,608$2,264,259—
RSU24,659$2,180,349—
RSU16,900$1,494,298—
PSU11,802$1,043,533—
RSU11,559$1,022,047—
RSU7,280$643,680—
RSU3,300$291,786—
Option5,905—$131.67

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Mesa Laboratories Inc's FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Mesa Laboratories discloses, by trigger · FY2026
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$1,711,000$3,305,867$66,691$5,083,558
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$0
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,422,000$8,033,753$66,691$11,522,444

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Mesa Laboratories Inc's FY2026 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Mesa Laboratories’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Gary Owens · this pageFormer CEO and President$6,643,208
John SakysVP and Chief Financial Officer$2,471,543
Brian ArchboldSVP of Operations and Continuous Improvement$2,182,518

Board service

Mesa Laboratories board · FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Mesa Laboratories pays directors a $60,000 cash retainer and $190,000 in RSUs. As stated in Mesa Laboratories's FY2026 proxy.

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