NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE) CEO pay: $11.1M actually paid in FY2025
$NWE · NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.Data through FY2025 — latest proxy filed 2026-03-12, checked for new filings 2026-08-21. Every number links to its source.
2.8× the tracked-company median CEO pay ($3.9M).
Pay vs. Performance (Compensation Actually Paid)
What the CEO was actually paid, by fiscal year
A negative figure is not pay returned. Compensation Actually Paid re-values unvested equity every year, so when a stock falls, the write-down on awards granted earlier can exceed everything granted that year. How CAP is calculated
What $100 invested was worth, company vs peer group
Pay-vs-Performance table
| FY | CEO pay on paper | CEO pay actually earned | Other top execs (avg) | Value of $100 invested since FY2020 | Same, peer group since FY2020 | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.0M | $11.1M | $2.0M | $139.04 | $152.43 | $181.1M |
| 2024 | $4.8M | $5.2M | $1.2M | $93.44 | $105.74 | $224.1M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $2.4M | $720,910 | $84.56 | $92.96 | $194.1M |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $2.9M | $1.4M | $94.09 | $98.79 | $212.6M |
| 2021 | $3.4M | $2.0M | $813,050 | $86.70 | $97.40 | $186.8M |
| 2020 | $3.1M | -$436,483 | $454,150 | $84.94 | $82.86 | $155.2M |
Frequently asked
How much did the NWE CEO make in 2025?
$11,060,365 in Compensation Actually Paid (CAP) as NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s CEO (the filing reports this year's PEO pay without tagging which named executive it belongs to), updated 2026-03-12.
What is pay vs. performance (PvP)?
An SEC disclosure (Item 402(v), required since FY2022) linking named-executive pay to company total shareholder return (TSR) over up to 5 years.
What is Compensation Actually Paid (CAP)?
CAP starts from the Summary Compensation Table total and adjusts equity awards to fair value as of each year-end/vesting date, rather than grant-date value — see the glossary entry for the full walk-through.
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