Perry Sook is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NXST (NXST). The company reported total compensation of $39,509,740 for fiscal year 2025.
| Salary | $3,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Bonus | $2,700,000 |
| Stock awards | $29,584,405 |
| Option awards | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive plan | $4,085,072 |
| Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation | $0 |
| All other compensation | $140,263 |
| Total | $39,509,740 |
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 NXST filed April 30, 2026, accession 0001142417-26-000016.
| Fiscal year | Role | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $3,000,000 | $2,700,000 | $29,584,405 | $0 | $4,085,072 | $0 | $140,263 | $39,509,740 |
| FY2024 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $3,000,000 | $1,710,000 | $27,746,271 | $0 | $3,291,668 | $0 | $125,977 | $35,873,916 |
| FY2023 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $2,800,000 | $1,800,000 | $21,233,343 | $0 | $3,104,526 | $0 | $173,170 | $29,111,039 |
| FY2022 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $1,995,193 | $1,000,000 | $33,308,029 | $0 | $3,000,000 | $0 | $15,670 | $39,318,892 |
| FY2021 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $1,870,674 | $3,750,000 | $15,510,127 | $0 | $15,052 | $0 | $0 | $21,145,853 |
| FY2020 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $1,746,635 | $3,500,000 | $18,306,887 | $0 | $10,742 | — | $10,742 | $23,564,264 |
| FY2019 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $1,614,578 | $3,250,000 | $11,483,498 | — | $0 | — | $17,621 | $16,365,697 |
Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for NXST.
| Peer-group chief executive median | $29,773,037 |
|---|---|
| Difference from that median | $9,736,703 |
| Percentile within the disclosed peer group | 70th |
| Peers with a disclosed figure | 10 |
Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group NXST discloses in its own compensation disclosure.
| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Perry Sook this page | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $39,509,740 |
| Michael Biard | President and Chief Operating Officer | $7,395,891 |
| Lee Gliha | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $4,193,261 |
| Dana Zimmer | President, Distribution and Strategy | $3,562,333 |
| Sean Compton | President, Networks | $3,114,363 |
The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full NXST compensation brief.
Perry Sook's compensation sits inside NXST's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.