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Fiscal year 2025

Kathy Warden — FY2025 total compensation $25,357,443

Kathy Warden is Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC). The company reported total compensation of $25,357,443 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,840,385
Bonus$0
Stock awards$16,750,230
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$4,218,000
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$1,270,017
All other compensation$1,278,811
Total$25,357,443

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 Northrop Grumman Corporation filed April 3, 2026, accession 0001133421-26-000007.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President$1,840,385$0$16,750,230$0$4,218,000$1,270,017$1,278,811$25,357,443
FY2023Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President$1,730,769$16,000,440$5,082,875$1,205,310$718,099$24,737,493
FY2022Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President$1,640,388$0$14,250,021$0$3,979,800$0$801,863$20,672,072
FY2021Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President$1,589,439$0$13,500,119$0$3,744,000$371,464$671,745$19,876,767
FY2020Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President$1,536,346$0$13,499,889$0$3,977,000$1,144,248$649,661$20,807,144
FY2019Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President$1,488,462$0$13,000,159$0$4,509,000$687,615$622,758$20,307,994
FY2018Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President$963,462$9,999,869$1,920,000$0$458,976$13,342,307

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Northrop Grumman Corporation.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$20,693,222
Difference from that median$4,664,221
Percentile within the disclosed peer group69th
Peers with a disclosed figure16

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Northrop Grumman Corporation discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Northrop Grumman Corporation

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Kathy Warden this pageChair, Chief Executive Officer and President$25,357,443
Robert FlemingCorporate Vice President and President, Space Systems$6,173,251
Roshan RoederCorporate Vice President and President, Mission Systems$5,726,054
Thomas JonesCorporate Vice President and President, Aeronautics Systems$5,583,081
Kenneth CrewsCorporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$5,162,665

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

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The company page

Kathy Warden's compensation sits inside Northrop Grumman Corporation's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) compensation brief