Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer · Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (PTEN)

James Holcomb

A named executive officer of Patterson-UTI Energy in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$4,369,825

FY2024: $4,502,492

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 13, 2026 (DEF 14A).

James Holcomb compensation by year

Patterson-UTI Energy Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Patterson-UTI Energy reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$465,000$513,635$670,000$670,000
Bonus$224,000$250,000$1,000,000$750,000
Stock awards$1,553,892$1,694,098$2,118,692$1,998,725
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$651,000$536,051$700,000$933,600
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$12,200$13,200$13,800$17,500
Total$2,906,092$3,006,984$4,502,492$4,369,825

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 13, 2026, accession 0000889900-26-000020, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$2.9M
$3.0M
$4.5M
$4.4M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU253,800$1,550,718—
RSU178,334$1,089,621—
RSU68,700$419,757—
RSU64,200$375,111—
PSU43,050$263,036—
PSU29,267$178,821—
RSU22,900$139,919—
PSU22,900$68,700—

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

Patterson-UTI Energy’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
William HendricksPresident & Chief Executive Officer$12,077,321
James Holcomb · this pageExecutive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer$4,369,825
C. Andrew SmithExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer$3,839,733
Seth WexlerExecutive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary$3,372,495
Kenneth BernsExecutive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer$3,161,688

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