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Fiscal year 2025

John Christmann IV — FY2025 total compensation $13,202,517

John Christmann IV is Chief Executive Officer of APA Corp (APA). The company reported total compensation of $13,202,517 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,300,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$6,018,436
Option awards$1,897,996
Non-equity incentive plan$3,454,360
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$531,725
Total$13,202,517

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 APA Corp filed April 9, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-149453.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Chief Executive Officer$1,300,000$0$6,018,436$1,897,996$3,454,360$0$531,725$13,202,517
FY2024Chief Executive Officer$1,300,000$0$7,555,373$0$1,983,800$0$601,536$11,440,709
FY2023Chief Executive Officer$1,300,000$0$9,384,742$0$2,467,400$0$611,299$13,763,441

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for APA Corp.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$13,261,681
Difference from that median$-59,164
Percentile within the disclosed peer group50th
Peers with a disclosed figure11

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group APA Corp discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of APA Corp

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
John Christmann IV this pageChief Executive Officer$13,202,517
Stephen RineyPresident$7,905,055
Kimberly WarnicaEVP, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary$4,157,700
D. Clay BretchesFormer EVP, Operations$4,120,572
Tracey HendersonEVP, Exploration$3,843,889
Ben RodgersEVP, Chief Financial Officer$3,044,394

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full APA Corp compensation brief.

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The company page

John Christmann IV's compensation sits inside APA Corp's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The APA Corp (APA) compensation brief