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Fiscal year 2025

Robert Michael — FY2025 total compensation $32,530,984

Robert Michael is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of AbbVie Inc. (ABBV). The company reported total compensation of $32,530,984 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,700,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$13,268,456
Option awards$3,199,154
Non-equity incentive plan$5,200,000
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$8,647,081
All other compensation$516,293
Total$32,530,984

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 AbbVie Inc. filed March 23, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-033387.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$1,700,000$0$13,268,456$3,199,154$5,200,000$8,647,081$516,293$32,530,984
FY2024Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$1,607,404$0$7,915,762$1,888,269$4,590,000$2,008,986$482,096$18,492,517
FY2023Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$1,427,376$0$5,440,297$1,365,031$3,000,000$3,019,112$189,504$14,441,320
FY2022Chief Executive Officer$1,330,000$0$4,675,204$1,099,516$2,510,625$1,607$157,417$9,774,369
FY2021President and Chief Operating Officer$1,129,881$0$4,258,823$1,061,733$2,630,000$2,525,840$61,389$11,667,666

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for AbbVie Inc..

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$27,585,301
Difference from that median$4,945,683
Percentile within the disclosed peer group71st
Peers with a disclosed figure7

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group AbbVie Inc. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of AbbVie Inc.

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Robert Michael this pageChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$32,530,984
Richard GonzalezExecutive Chairman of the Board$17,856,038
Jeffrey StewartExecutive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer$15,435,304
Scott ReentsExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$12,353,002
Azita Saleki-GerhardtExecutive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer$10,791,976
Roopal ThakkarExecutive Vice President, Research & Development and Chief Scientific Officer$9,912,843

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full AbbVie Inc. compensation brief.

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The company page

Robert Michael's compensation sits inside AbbVie Inc.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) compensation brief