President and Chief Executive Officer of Vitas · CHEMED CORP (CHE)

Joel Wherley

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Joel Wherley as a named executive officer of CHEMED; the record below is that year, complete. 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, FY2025

$3,049,989

5th of 6 named executive officers at Chemed by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 9, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Joel Wherley compensation by year

CHEMED Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as CHEMED reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$579,055
Bonus$519,921
Stock awards$411,559
Option awards$1,500,026
Non-equity incentive$0
Pension and deferred compensation$39,428
All other$0
Total$3,049,989

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CHEMED CORP DEF 14A filed April 9, 2026, accession 0001562762-26-000052, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the CHEMED CORP filed document, accession 0001562762-26-000052. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 9, 2026.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU624$266,985—
RSU446$190,826—
RSU440$188,258—
Option2,321—$509.46
Option17,476—$443.79
Option5,588—$597.70

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

CHEMED’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Kevin McNamaraPresident and CEO$12,904,720
Nicholas WestfallFormer Executive Vice President$4,294,862
Michael WitzemanExecutive Vice President, CFO and Controller$3,714,742
Spencer LeeExecutive Vice President$3,208,764
Joel Wherley · this pageVitas President and Chief Executive Officer$3,049,989
Brian JudkinsVice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer$2,658,997

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