- Key insight: CEO pay at more than 50 large and regional banks rose again last year, but by a smaller percentage than it did in 2024, according to a new data analysis.
- Supporting data: The 12.5% increase last year compared with an 18% rise in 2024.
- What's at stake: The analysis by the consulting firm Compensation Advisory Partners looked at salary, bonuses and long-term incentive pay to calculate the total direct compensation paid to each CEO.
CEO pay at large and regional banks climbed by 12.5% last year, which represented a smaller increase than in 2024, according to a new analysis of the banks' annual compensation disclosures.
The data analysis, conducted by the consulting firm Compensation Advisory Partners, looked at the 2025 pay packages for 54 bank CEOs. It added together salary, bonuses and long-term incentive pay to calculate the total direct compensation paid to each CEO.
On a dollar basis, the biggest raise went to
On a percentage basis, Fulton Financial CEO Curtis Myers got the biggest raise. His 55% pay hike from 2024 resulted in total compensation of $5.03 million last year. Lancaster, Pa.-based Fulton announced
Out of the 54 CEOs included in the analysis, only four got a pay cut. The largest cut went to BOK Financial CEO Stacy Kymes. His compensation fell by 19% to $4.9 million in 2025.
A year ago, Compensation Advisory Partners
For more information on bank CEO pay in 2025, see the table accompanying this story.
