Jonathan Witter is Chief Executive Officer of SLM Corp (SLM). The company reported total compensation of $11,261,733 for fiscal year 2025.
| Salary | $1,100,000 |
|---|---|
| Bonus | $0 |
| Stock awards | $8,444,994 |
| Option awards | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive plan | $1,672,000 |
| Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation | $0 |
| All other compensation | $44,739 |
| Total | $11,261,733 |
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 SLM Corp filed April 27, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-182200.
| Fiscal year | Role | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Chief Executive Officer | $1,100,000 | $0 | $8,444,994 | $0 | $1,672,000 | $0 | $44,739 | $11,261,733 |
| FY2024 | Chief Executive Officer | $1,100,000 | $0 | $7,602,499 | $0 | $3,052,500 | $0 | $49,849 | $11,804,848 |
| FY2023 | Chief Executive Officer | $1,100,000 | $0 | $5,789,457 | $0 | $2,475,000 | $0 | $35,028 | $9,399,485 |
| FY2022 | Chief Executive Officer | $1,076,923 | $0 | $5,373,654 | $0 | $1,320,000 | $0 | $38,559 | $7,809,136 |
| FY2021 | Chief Executive Officer | $950,000 | $0 | $2,223,345 | $2,000,000 | $1,809,750 | $0 | $63,967 | $7,047,062 |
| FY2020 | Chief Executive Officer | $657,692 | $0 | $8,824,635 | $0 | $1,623,930 | $0 | $0 | $11,106,257 |
Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for SLM Corp.
| Peer-group chief executive median | $9,071,731 |
|---|---|
| Difference from that median | $2,190,002 |
| Percentile within the disclosed peer group | 57th |
| Peers with a disclosed figure | 14 |
Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group SLM Corp discloses in its own compensation disclosure.
| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Witter this page | Chief Executive Officer | $11,261,733 |
| Peter Graham | Co-President and Chief Financial Officer | $3,349,647 |
| Kerri Palmer | Co-President and Head of Financial Services and President of Sallie Mae Bank | $2,871,656 |
| Donna Vieira | Former Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer | $2,660,225 |
| Nicolas Jafarieh | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal, Government Affairs, and Communications Officer | $2,633,532 |
The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full SLM Corp compensation brief.
Jonathan Witter's compensation sits inside SLM Corp's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.