Ronald Mittelstaedt compensation by year
Waste Connections Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held| Component | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $969,000 | $946,638 | $946,638 | $768,602 | $500,000 | $500,000 | $892,308 | $1,128,812 | $1,171,943 |
| Bonus | $0 | $0 | $0 | $250,000 | $250,000 | $250,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $2,036,120 | $2,228,662 | $11,269,773 | $2,254,360 | $851,693 | $850,025 | $2,734,688 | $4,179,963 | $5,301,060 |
| Option awards | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $3,423,294 | $2,228,700 | $1,430,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,079,000 | $1,885,312 | $3,097,600 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| All other | $5,533,034 | $37,774 | $45,872 | $13,837 | $4,471 | $4,556 | $49,057 | $82,285 | $186,962 |
| Total | $11,961,448 | $5,441,774 | $13,692,283 | $3,286,799 | $1,606,164 | $1,604,581 | $5,755,052 | $7,276,372 | $9,757,565 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Waste Connections, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 2, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-039146, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the Waste Connections, Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-26-039146. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 2, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSU | 14,021 | $2,458,723 | — |
| PSU | 14,021 | $2,458,723 | — |
| PSU | 12,450 | $2,183,232 | — |
| RSU | 9,337 | $1,637,336 | — |
| PSU | 7,766 | $1,361,846 | — |
| RSU | 3,882 | $680,748 | — |
| PSU | 1,836 | $321,961 | — |
| RSU | 918 | $160,980 | — |
| RSU | 878 | $153,966 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Waste Connections, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Waste Connections’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Ronald Mittelstaedt · this page | President and Chief Executive Officer | $9,757,565 |
| Mary Anne Whitney | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $3,191,275 |
| Patrick Shea | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | $2,814,880 |
| James Little | Executive Vice President – Engineering and Disposal | $2,590,325 |
| Domenico Pio | Senior Vice President – Operations | $2,273,813 |
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