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Fiscal year 2025

John Schmidt — FY2025 total compensation $4,143,930

John Schmidt is President and Chief Executive Officer of Caleres Inc (CAL). The company reported total compensation of $4,143,930 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,150,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$2,500,016
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$0
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$435,277
All other compensation$58,637
Total$4,143,930

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 Caleres Inc filed April 16, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-158809.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$10,854,729
Difference from that median$-6,710,799
Percentile within the disclosed peer group12th
Peers with a disclosed figure17

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

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The other named executive officers of Caleres Inc

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
John Schmidt this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$4,143,930
Jack CalandraFormer Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,387,007
Todd HastyFormer Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer$1,037,193
Daniel FriedmanChief Sourcing and Supply Chain Officer$1,023,075
Brian CostelloDivision President--Famous Footwear$979,659
Willis HillSenior Vice President and Chief Information Officer$801,669
Daniel KarpelSenior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer$418,624

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

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The company page

John Schmidt's compensation sits inside Caleres Inc's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Caleres Inc (CAL) compensation brief