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Executive Compensation Data API

Public companies disclose executive compensation in annual proxy statements (DEF 14A). Datastream extracts and structures the Summary Compensation Table so you can access salary, bonus, stock awards, option awards, and total compensation for named executive officers through a simple API.

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What you get

  • Structured compensation data: Salary, bonus, stock awards, option awards, non-equity incentive plan compensation, and total
  • Named executive officers: CEO, CFO, and the next three highest-paid executives
  • Cross-company comparison: Compare CEO pay across a peer group in one request
  • Historical data: Compensation data from proxy filings going back to 2010

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Quick start

Get executive compensation for a company: 
curl -H "x-api-key: $OMNI_DATASTREAM_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.secapi.ai/v1/compensation?ticker=AAPL"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "Tim Cook",
      "title": "Chief Executive Officer",
      "salary": 3000000,
      "bonus": 0,
      "stock_awards": 40000000,
      "option_awards": 0,
      "non_equity_incentive": 12000000,
      "other_compensation": 1209000,
      "total": 63209000,
      "fiscal_year": 2024
    }
  ],
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "company_name": "Apple Inc",
  "proxy_filed_at": "2025-01-10"
}
Compare CEO compensation across companies: 
curl -H "x-api-key: $OMNI_DATASTREAM_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.secapi.ai/v1/compensation/compare?tickers=AAPL,MSFT,GOOG,AMZN&role=ceo"

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Use cases

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Peer benchmarking

Compare executive pay across a peer group defined by sector, market cap, or custom criteria. Compensation committees and their advisors can automate what traditionally requires reading dozens of proxy statements.

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Pay-for-performance analysis

Combine compensation data with stock returns and financial metrics from /v1/statements to evaluate whether pay tracks performance.

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Governance screening

Flag outliers — companies where CEO pay is unusually high relative to peers, or where the equity component is unusually low. Useful for ESG scoring and proxy advisory.

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Investor research

Track how compensation structures change over time. Shifts from options to restricted stock, increases in performance-based pay, or new clawback provisions can signal governance changes.

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API endpoints

EndpointDescription
GET /v1/compensationCompensation for a single company
GET /v1/compensation/compareCompare compensation across companies

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Parameters

ParameterDescriptionExample
tickerCompany tickerAAPL
tickersMultiple tickers (compare endpoint)AAPL,MSFT,GOOG
roleFilter by roleceo, cfo
fiscal_yearSpecific fiscal year2024

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Why Datastream for compensation data

FeatureDatastreamRaw DEF 14AEquilarISS
Structured JSON APIYesNo (HTML)No (platform)No (platform)
Cross-company comparisonOne API callManualBuilt-inBuilt-in
Historical data2010+2010+VariesVaries
SDK supportPython + JSNoNoNo
PricingPay-as-you-goFree (raw)EnterpriseEnterprise

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Get started

Get your API key

Start pulling executive compensation data in under 60 seconds.