Robert Jordan compensation by year
Southwest Airlines Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held| Component | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $470,000 | $483,125 | $498,125 | $440,167 | $510,709 | $676,875 | $700,000 | $798,958 | $844,792 |
| Bonus | $113,800 | $116,400 | $120,000 | $139,050 | $103,481 | $195,720 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $1,786,018 | $1,940,006 | $1,999,962 | $2,482,452 | $1,954,029 | $3,626,960 | $4,105,004 | $7,012,553 | $13,075,072 |
| Option awards | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $407,885 | $433,940 | $386,880 | $511,704 | $405,645 | $782,880 | $4,096,504 | $2,108,600 | $2,031,160 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| All other | $166,252 | $133,264 | $152,088 | $26,000 | $75,472 | $51,525 | $405,791 | $642,273 | $636,858 |
| Total | $2,943,955 | $3,106,735 | $3,157,055 | $3,599,373 | $3,049,336 | $5,333,960 | $9,307,298 | $10,562,384 | $16,587,882 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Southwest Airlines Co. DEF 14A filed March 27, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-127237, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the Southwest Airlines Co. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-127237. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 27, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSU | 228,537 | $9,445,434 | — |
| PSU | 175,039 | $7,234,362 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Southwest Airlines Co.'s FY2025 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 27, 2026)current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
| Date | Transaction | Plan | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | Grant or award | — | 28,321 | $0.00 | 534,055 |
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 →
Southwest Airlines’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Jordan · this page | Chief Executive Officer & President | $16,587,882 |
| Tom Doxey | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | $9,145,521 |
| Andrew Watterson | Chief Operating Officer | $8,785,175 |
| Justin Jones | Executive Vice President Operations | $5,643,338 |
| Anthony Roach | Executive Vice President Chief Customer & Brand Officer | $4,935,287 |
| Tammy Romo | Former Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | $4,705,214 |
Board service
Southwest Airlines board · FY2021–FY2025How this board is paid
Company policy: Southwest Airlines pays directors a $90,000 cash retainer and $170,017 in Common Stock. As stated in Southwest Airlines's FY2025 proxy.
Committees
Compensation · Nominating/Governance · Safety & Operations · Fleet Oversight · Safety & Operational Compliance · Aircraft
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How this record is built
Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are Southwest Airlines's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.
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