Independent Director · STRYKER CORP (SYK)

Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee

Mary K. Brainerd director compensation at Stryker (FY2025): $362K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for Mary K. Brainerd at STRYKER CORP. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed March 23, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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STRYKER Director Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as STRYKER reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$150,000$212,324$0$0$362,324
FY2024$144,647$214,001——$358,648
FY2022$128,146$204,447——$332,593

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: STRYKER CORP DEF 14A filed March 23, 2026, accession 0000310764-26-000013, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the STRYKER CORP filed document, accession 0000310764-26-000013. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 23, 2026.

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$362,324 Mary K. Brainerd, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of March 23, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

STRYKER pays directors a $130,000 cash retainer and $215,000 in equity.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Compensation · Nominating/Governance (Chair)

The rest of the STRYKER board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Andrew K. SilvernailIndependent Director$367,324
Emmanuel P. MacedaIndependent Director$296,610
Giovanni Caforio, M.DIndependent Director$355,291
Kevin A. LoboChair of the Board—
Lisa M. Skeete TatumIndependent Director$342,324
Rachel M. RuggeriIndependent Director$342,324
Rajeev SuriIndependent Director$342,324
Ronda E. StrykerIndependent Director$342,324
Sherilyn S. McCoyLead Independent Director$382,324

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