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By Karl Sinclair

March 17, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing’s top executives on average earn 81 times more money than the average company employee, the 2024 Proxy Statement reveals.

And in addition to the usual perks that top executives received, the exit packages for former corporate CEO David Calhoun and the CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Stan Deal, included unidentified retirement gifts. Deal, 61, received outplacement and unspecified transitional compensation.

Boeing filed its annual proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 7, announcing the annual meeting of Boeing shareholders to be held via a virtual meeting on April 24.

In the SEC filing, Boeing detailed the compensation paid to executive officers during 2024.

(BCA: Boeing Commercial Aircraft, BDS: Boeing Defense, Space & Security, BGS: Boeing Global Services). Source: Boeing.

In 2024, more than $69m was spent compensating executives, with $55.4m paid in stock awards and options.