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CBIZ, Inc.CBZ

Latest proxy: 2026 · view on SEC ↗ · CIK 0000944148

CEO total pay

$7,063,348

Jerome P. Grisko, Jr. PEO · 2025

Say on pay

Not disclosed

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CEO pay ratio

Not in CD&A

Median employee: $105,230

Compensation committee

CD&A

Compensation and Human Capital Committee

Per the latest proxy

Filings indexed: 2 · 2026 · 2025

Executive pay

What did they pay them?

From the Summary Compensation Table. Pay mix and YoY are computed from these rows.

ExecutiveRoleTotalYoYPay mixSalaryStockCash incentiveOther
Jerome P. Grisko, Jr. PEO2025 compensation
CEO & President
$7,063,348↑ 32%
82% at-risk
$993,750$5,237,677$576,000$255,920
Brad Lakhia PFO2025 compensation
SVP & CFO
$4,289,862
88% at-risk
$494,792$3,409,426$356,000$29,643
Ware Grove2025 compensation
Former PFO, SVP & CFO
$167,988
0% at-risk
$155,000——$12,988
Chris Spurio2025 compensation
Former President, Financial Services
$3,048,363↑ 16%
71% at-risk
$862,500$1,813,409$358,400$14,053
Michael Kouzelos2025 compensation
President, B&I Services
$2,107,837↑ 5%
71% at-risk
$595,000$1,229,024$269,760$14,053

Pay mix: base cash incentive equity other

CD&A excerpt

Compensation discussion & analysis

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Overview of Compensation Program The Compensation and Human Capital Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee” or the “Committee” throughout this Compensation Discussion and Analysis) is responsible for establishing, implementing, and monitoring the application of its compensation philosophy with respect to the senior management and directors of the Company. At CBIZ, the Senior Leadership Team (“SLT”) consists of the Company’s executive officers and certain Senior Vice Presidents. The Committee’s goal is to ensure that the total compensation paid to the SLT is fair and reasonable. Generally, the types of compensation and benefits provided to members of this group are similar to those provided to executive officers at other comparable companies. Jerome P. Grisko, Jr. (“CEO”), Brad Lakhia (“CFO”), Chris Spurio (“Former President, Financial Services”), Michael Kouzelos (“President, Benefits & Insurance Services”), and Ware Grove (“Former CFO”) are referred to as the “Named Executive Officers” or “NEOs,” all of whom are current members of the SLT, with the exception of Mr. Grove and Mr. Spurio, who left their roles in March 2025 and January 2026, respectively. The Board has s…

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Governance

Policy guardrails

  • hedging

    prohibited

    “CBIZ has a policy that prohibits pledging or hedging of Company shares by officers or directors”

  • pledging

    prohibited

    “CBIZ has a policy that prohibits pledging or hedging of Company shares by officers or directors”

  • clawback

    present

    “Recoupment Policy”

  • change in control

    Information regarding applicable payments under such agreements for the Named Executive Officers is provided under the headings “Employment or Other Agreements” on page 54 and “Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” on page 46.

    “Information regarding applicable payments under such agreements for the Named Executive Officers is provided under the headings “Employment or Other Agreements” on page 54 and “Potential Payments upon Termination or Chan…”

  • compensation committee

    Compensation and Human Capital Committee

    “Compensation and Human Capital Committee Rick L”

Performance markers

Metric facts

  • revenue

    $1

    “compensation philosophy. Tax and Accounting Implications Deductibility of Executive Compensation As part of its role, the Committee reviews and considers the expected tax treatment to the Company and its executive office…”

  • time equity mix

    8%

    “2026 LTI grants were split equally between time-based RSUs and PSUs in a manner consistent with prior years and were otherwise on generally similar terms as described above.”

  • median employee compensation

    $105,230

    “information about the relationship of the annual total compensation of our employees and the annual total compensation of Mr. Grisko, our CEO. Mr. Grisko had fiscal 2025 annual total compensation of $7,063,348 as reflect…”

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