Grant Pickering is Chief Executive Officer of Vaxcyte, Inc. (PCVX). The company reported total compensation of $14,458,937 for fiscal year 2025.
| Salary | $800,000 |
|---|---|
| Bonus | $0 |
| Stock awards | $4,300,159 |
| Option awards | $8,714,048 |
| Non-equity incentive plan | $630,000 |
| Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation | $0 |
| All other compensation | $14,730 |
| Total | $14,458,937 |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.
Cited to the compensation disclosure Vaxcyte, Inc. filed April 23, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-173672.
| Fiscal year | Role | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Chief Executive Officer | $800,000 | $0 | $4,300,159 | $8,714,048 | $630,000 | $0 | $14,730 | $14,458,937 |
| FY2024 | Chief Executive Officer | $700,000 | — | $15,534,975 | $22,707,238 | $682,500 | — | $14,799 | $39,639,512 |
| FY2023 | Chief Executive Officer | $640,000 | — | $2,244,971 | $8,756,228 | $480,000 | — | $14,484 | $12,135,684 |
Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Vaxcyte, Inc..
| Peer-group chief executive median | $14,944,585 |
|---|---|
| Difference from that median | $-485,648 |
| Percentile within the disclosed peer group | 29th |
| Peers with a disclosed figure | 16 |
Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Vaxcyte, Inc. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.
| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Grant Pickering this page | Chief Executive Officer | $14,458,937 |
| Andrew Guggenhime | President and Chief Financial Officer | $6,072,939 |
| Jim Wassil | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | $5,809,971 |
| Mikhail Eydelman | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | $4,005,935 |
| Harp Dhaliwal | Chief Technical Operations Officer | $3,764,679 |
The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Vaxcyte, Inc. compensation brief.
Grant Pickering's compensation sits inside Vaxcyte, Inc.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.