What you can do with SEC Executive Compensation

Built for

Equity Researchers, Compensation Consultants, Executive Recruiters, Governance Analysts

Example workflows

CEO total compensation

Single-executive multi-year breakdown — the headline use case.

Try this

What was Tim Cook's total compensation each year for the last five years? Break out salary, bonus, stock awards, option awards, and non-equity incentive.

Compare CEOs at peers

Peer benchmarking — exactly what comp committees ask.

Try this

Compare 2024 total compensation for the CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo. Show salary, bonus, stock and option awards, and total.

Pay trend at one company

Demonstrates the multi-year time series in the dataset.

Try this

Show the trend in total CEO compensation at Apple over the last 10 years and call out the years with the largest year-over-year change.

Context to know first

Where does the data come from?

SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements — the authoritative annual filings every US public company must submit. Compensation is extracted from the Summary Compensation Table and cross-validated against iXBRL where available.

How current is the data?

Refreshed annually after each proxy season (February–June). Coverage is roughly 4,000 companies and 40,000 officer-year records.

Which executives are covered?

Named executive officers as defined by Item 402 of Regulation S-K — typically the CEO, CFO, and the next three highest-paid officers, plus any retired or departed NEOs disclosed in the same proxy.

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AI Skill
SKILL.md

Domain knowledge for SEC Executive Compensation — workflow patterns, data models, and gotchas for your AI agent.

SEC Executive Compensation

Named executive officer compensation data extracted from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements. Covers 4,000+ US public companies with salary, bonus, stock awards, option awards, and total compensation breakdowns.

Free, no authentication required.

Data Source

SEC EDGAR — the authoritative source for all US public company filings. Compensation data is extracted from the Summary Compensation Table in each company's annual DEF 14A proxy statement using LLM-based extraction with iXBRL cross-validation where available.

Capabilities

  • Search by company — fuzzy name matching. "Apple" finds "Apple Inc.", "JPMorgan" finds "JPMorgan Chase & Co." Filter by year.
  • Search by executive — fuzzy name matching across all companies. Find an individual's compensation history or compare pay across roles.
  • Company detail — full compensation breakdown for all named executive officers by CIK number. Shows all available years.
  • Dataset statistics — total coverage, year range, record counts, data freshness.

Compensation Fields

FieldDescription
salaryBase salary
bonusCash bonus
stock_awardsValue of stock awards granted
option_awardsValue of option awards granted
non_equity_incentiveNon-equity incentive plan compensation
pension_changeChange in pension value and NQDC earnings
all_otherAll other compensation
totalSum of all components

All amounts are in whole US dollars.

Workflows

Executive pay lookup: Search by company name → review compensation for all named executives across years.

CEO comparison: Search by executive name (e.g., "CEO") or specific person → compare across companies and years.

Company detail: Search to find CIK → get full compensation history for all named executives.

Pay trends: Search a company → compare total compensation across years to identify trends.

Where the data comes from

SEC EDGAR DEF 14A Proxy Statements
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Annual definitive proxy statements filed by all US public companies, containing the Summary Compensation Table with named executive officer pay data.

~4,000 companies/year, ~40,000 officer-year records
Source updated: Annual (proxy season: February–June)
We refresh: Annual
HTML with inline XBRL
All US public companies required to file DEF 14A
Compensation data is extracted from SEC filings using automated methods. While cross-validated against iXBRL data where available, minor extraction errors may occur. Always refer to the original SEC filing for authoritative figures.

Tools in this Server (5)

Sec Exec Comp Get Company

Get all executive compensation data for a specific public company by its SEC CIK number. Returns complete compensation history for all named executive...

Sec Exec Comp Get Stats

Get aggregate statistics about the SEC executive compensation dataset — total companies covered, year range, record counts, and data freshness. Use sp...

Sec Exec Comp Open App

Open the SEC Executive Compensation interactive dashboard. Use this only when the user asks to open or view the executive pay explorer before running ...

Sec Exec Comp Search Company

Search executive compensation data by company name. Uses fuzzy matching to find public companies and returns CEO/named executive officer pay — salary,...

Sec Exec Comp Search Executive

Search executive compensation data by executive name. Finds named executive officers across all public companies — useful for tracking an individual's...

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the SEC Executive Compensation MCP server?

Search CEO and named executive officer compensation at 4,000+ US public companies — salary, bonus, stock awards, option awards, non-equity incentive, pension changes, and total compensation. Parsed from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements using LLM extraction with iXBRL cross-validation. It provides 5 tools that AI agents can use through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

How do I connect SEC Executive Compensation to my AI agent?

Add the MCPBundles server URL to your MCP client configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, etc.). The URL format is: https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/sec-exec-comp. Authentication is handled automatically.

How many tools does SEC Executive Compensation provide?

SEC Executive Compensation provides 5 tools that can be called by AI agents, along with a SKILL.md that gives your AI agent domain knowledge about when and how to use them.

What authentication does SEC Executive Compensation require?

SEC Executive Compensation uses open data APIs — no authentication required.

Where does the data come from?

SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements — the authoritative annual filings every US public company must submit. Compensation is extracted from the Summary Compensation Table and cross-validated against iXBRL where available.

How current is the data?

Refreshed annually after each proxy season (February–June). Coverage is roughly 4,000 companies and 40,000 officer-year records.

Which executives are covered?

Named executive officers as defined by Item 402 of Regulation S-K — typically the CEO, CFO, and the next three highest-paid officers, plus any retired or departed NEOs disclosed in the same proxy.

Setup Instructions

Connect SEC Executive Compensation to any MCP client in minutes

MCP URL
https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/sec-exec-comp

One-click install:

The link prefills the Add custom connector dialog — you still review the values and click Add, then Connect to complete OAuth.

Or add manually

  1. Open claude.ai → Settings → Connectors.
  2. Click the + button and choose Add custom connector.
  3. Set Name to SEC Executive Compensation and paste the MCP URL into Remote MCP server URL.
  4. Click Add. SEC Executive Compensation will appear under Not connected — select it and click Connect to complete OAuth.
Name: SEC Executive Compensation
Remote MCP server URL: https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/sec-exec-comp
Authentication: OAuth

Custom connectors at claude.ai require a paid Claude plan (Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise).

Other ways to use SEC Executive Compensation

Same data, different audiences.

App

Polished interactive UI — explore the data visually with no setup.

Open the app
REST API

Call every tool from your own backend. OpenAPI spec + cURL examples.

Open API docs

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No API key or third-party login required. Open the interactive dashboard and start searching in seconds.

SEC Executive Compensation MCP Server & Skill — 5 Tools