Scott Kirby compensation by year
United Airlines Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held| Component | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $1,075,000 | $1,175,000 | $1,200,000 |
| Bonus | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,000,000 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $8,729,907 | $8,666,624 | $10,705,744 | $24,405,267 | $22,565,804 |
| Option awards | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $0 | $0 | $6,636,815 | $5,141,223 | $8,010,000 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| All other | $115,157 | $129,978 | $155,740 | $203,498 | $506,449 |
| Total | $9,845,064 | $9,796,602 | $18,573,299 | $33,924,988 | $32,282,253 |
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.
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.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | 303,360 | $33,921,715 | — |
| PSU | 189,783 | $21,221,535 | — |
| RSU | 101,121 | $11,307,350 | — |
| RSU | 87,943 | $9,833,786 | — |
| PSU | 58,628 | $6,555,783 | — |
| RSU | 49,561 | $5,541,911 | — |
| Option | 138,090 | — | $110.21 |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in United Airlines Holdings, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Insider transactions since the last proxy
7 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 7, 2026)current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
| Date | Transaction | Plan | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | Grant or award | — | 71,347 | $0.00 | 869,198 |
| 2026-07-25 | Tax withholding | — | 28,076 | $118.27 | 841,122 |
| 2026-07-21 | Sale | — | 159,321 | $118.05 | 797,851 |
| 2026-07-21 | Exercise or conversion | — | 159,321 | $58.69 | 957,172 |
| 2026-07-21 | Exercise or conversion derivative | — | 159,321 | $0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-06-16 | Sale | 10b5-1 | 1,078 | $120.74 | 797,851 |
| 2026-06-15 | Sale | 10b5-1 | 48,303 | $121.30 | 798,929 |
The 7 most recent of 7 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 →
Change-in-control & termination
estimated payments United Airlines discloses, by trigger · FY2025| Trigger | Cash severance | Accelerated equity | Benefits continuation | Total as disclosed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Involuntary termination without cause | $0 | $44,147,529 | $0 | $47,147,529 |
| Change in control and involuntary termination | $8,400,000 | $0 | $56,343 | — |
| Death | $0 | $44,147,529 | $0 | $44,285,243 |
| Voluntary resignation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $137,714 |
| Change in control and resignation for good reason | $8,400,000 | $69,656,171 | $56,343 | $78,275,228 |
Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in United Airlines Holdings, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.
United Airlines’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Kirby · this page | Chief Executive Officer | $32,282,253 |
| Brett Hart | President | $20,285,691 |
| Torbjorn Enqvist | Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer | $11,099,827 |
| Andrew Nocella | Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer | $9,363,193 |
| Michael Leskinen | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $7,051,410 |
Board service
United Airlines board · FY2021–FY2025How this board is paid
Company policy: United Airlines pays directors a $115,000 cash retainer and $180,000 in Share Units. As stated in United Airlines's FY2025 proxy.
Committees
Finance · Executive
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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 United 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.