What they were paid
United Airlines Director Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held| Fiscal year | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $155,000 | $183,160 | — | $34,870 | $373,030 |
| FY2024 | $150,124 | $179,038 | $0 | $29,846 | $359,008 |
| FY2023 | $127,500 | $170,833 | — | $26,773 | $325,106 |
| FY2022 | $127,500 | $173,546 | — | $17,000 | $318,046 |
| FY2021 | $9,008 | $0 | — | $106 | $9,114 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: United Airlines Holdings, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 7, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-040467, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the United Airlines Holdings, Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-26-040467. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 7, 2026.
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Data as of April 7, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).
How this board is paid
company policy · FY2025United Airlines pays directors a $115,000 cash retainer and $180,000 in Share Units.
Committees
FY2025 · as the proxy prints themAudit · Compensation · Finance
The rest of the United Airlines board
FY2025 · as the company reported each| Director | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Barney Harford | Independent Director | $431,899 |
| Brian Noyes | Director | — |
| Edward L. Shapiro | Independent Director | $415,626 |
| Edward M. Philip | Chair of the Board | $628,535 |
| J. Scott Kirby | Director | — |
| James M. Whitehurst | Independent Director | $399,947 |
| Laysha Ward | Independent Director | $411,593 |
| Michele J. Hooper | Independent Director | $427,737 |
| Michelle Freyre | Independent Director | $362,559 |
| Richard Johnsen | Director | $51,773 |
| Rosalind Brewer | Independent Director | $380,689 |
| Walter Isaacson | Independent Director | $394,895 |
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