Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan’s Pay Jumps 17% to $41Million
Synopsis
Bank of America approved $41 million in total compensation for CEO Brian Moynihan for 2025, reflecting a 17.1% increase from the previous year. The package included a $1.5 million base salary, with most awarded in equity incentives tied to performance. The bank reported $30.5 billion in annual profit, up from $27 billion, and shares rose about 25%. Bank of America also granted roughly $1 billion in equity awards to employees, excluding senior executives, continuing its long-running employee compensation program linked to company performance and shareholder returns.
Bank of America approved $41 million in total compensation for CEO Brian Moynihan for 2025, up 17.1% from the previous year. The increase followed stronger financial performance, including $30.5 billion profit and share gains. Most of the compensation was equity-based, while the bank also awarded $1 billion in stock incentives to employees.
Key Highlights
- Bank of America approved $41 million total compensation for CEO Brian Moynihan for 2025 performance year.
- Compensation included $1.5 million base salary and equity incentives tied to company financial results.
- Bank reported $30.5 billion annual profit, rising from $27 billion previous year performance.
- Company distributed about $1 billion in equity awards to employees excluding senior executives.
ank of America raised the total compensation of its chief executive Brian Moynihan of 2025 to 41 million, 17.1% higher than the prior year, in a regulatory filing.
The package covers a salary base of a million and half plus other incentive packages mostly comprising of stock awards and other incentives tied to the performance of the company.
The wage increase comes after a year of increasing profits and share returns in the second-largest bank in the USA. Bank of America registered net income of 30.5 billion in 2025, as compared to 27 billion in 2024. The bank stock had increased approximately 25 percent throughout the year and it is its third year of positive returns.
The lender also had better fourth-quarter results which were backed by higher trading activity and higher interest income, which is the revenue the banks gain by lending.
The bank of America explained that its board took into account the bank financial performance, developments on business priorities, and activities of employees and communities in determining the compensation of Moynihan.
Moynihan was appointed chief executive in 2010 and has led the development and operations of the bank in the last decade.
Besides the executive compensation, Bank of America still had its employee stock award program. In 2025, the bank awarded approximately 1 billion dollars of equity to its employees except the senior executives. This was the ninth year that the company had dispersed stock awards to the rest of its workforce.
Bank chief executive payments were also increased in the industry. According to company disclosures, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser earned $42 million, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon earned $43 million, Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf earned $40 million, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon earned $47 million, and Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick earned $45 million.
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Pooja Malik is a business journalist with over six years of experience covering startups, entrepreneurship, and emerging trends. She has previously worked with leading media platforms such as YourStory Media and BW BusinessWorld, where she reported on business, policy, and market developments. Currently, she serves as Editor at The Inspirepreneur Magazine, where she writes and edits stories across business, lifestyle, and travel, with a focus on clarity, accuracy, and reader relevance.
