Chairman, President & CEO · BADGER METER INC (BMI)

Kenneth Bockhorst

A named executive officer of BADGER METER in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2018 to FY2025. 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

$5,932,862

FY2024: $5,084,577

1st of 5 named executive officers at Badger Meter by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for BADGER METER, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 13, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Kenneth Bockhorst compensation by year

BADGER METER Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as BADGER METER reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$525,000$575,000$593,712$640,000$675,000$750,000$830,000$880,000
Bonus$293,580$442,750$697,410$1,408,000$968,220$1,650,000$1,826,000$1,740,464
Stock awards$191,258$277,524$314,380$1,199,221$1,380,249$1,962,621$2,235,842$3,042,144
Option awards$194,990$278,988$317,986$0$0$0—$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$276,024$804,752$0$0—
Pension and deferred compensation$22,430$48,578$76,854$72,945$34,012$97,362$103,034$182,171
All other$44,393$42,357$59,992$78,129$78,611$84,305$89,701$88,083
Total$1,271,651$1,665,197$2,060,334$3,674,319$3,940,844$4,544,288$5,084,577$5,932,862

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: BADGER METER INC DEF 14A filed March 13, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-106185, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the BADGER METER INC filed document, accession 0001193125-26-106185. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 13, 2026.

$1.3M
$1.7M
$2.1M
$3.7M
$3.9M
$4.5M
$5.1M
$5.9M
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU57,831$12,267,099—
RSU8,081$1,714,142—
Option3,637—$63.04

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in BADGER METER INC's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 13, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-04-21Purchase—2,200$117.5351,676

The 1 most recent of 1 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

BADGER METER’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Kenneth Bockhorst · this pageChairman, President & CEO$5,932,862
Robert WrocklageSenior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer$1,952,394
Sheryl HopkinsVice President - Human Resources$984,668
Kimberly StollVice President - Sales and Marketing$890,043
William BergumVice President - General Counsel$867,776

Board service

BADGER METER board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: BADGER METER pays directors a $64,000 cash retainer and $80,000 in Stock. As stated in BADGER METER's FY2024 proxy.

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