The first credibility-flagged compensation benchmark for clean energy dev, IPP, and project finance. Built from public filings — DOL H-1B LCAs and SEC proxies — not crowd opinion.
Updated May 2, 2026 · Next refresh Q3 2026 (early August — after July DOL LCA quarterly drop) · Free
Pick a function and seniority. Drill down for percentile detail and source notes.
MUFG · Mizuho · SMBC · Crédit Agricole · ING · Natixis · RBC · Citi · BofA Houston
From the first quarterly cut. Every number sources to a public filing.
SMBC files every Project Finance Infrastructure VP it sponsors at this exact base salary — to the dollar, across multiple desks. The number almost certainly anchors to a DOL prevailing-wage benchmark, meaning the negotiation floor is set by the federal government, not by the bank.
Median total compensation for IPP CEOs (NEE, VST, CEG, TLN, AES, NRG, BAM) in their most recent fiscal year. AI-data-center demand is reshaping pay at the merchant power names — Vistra's Burke went from $12.2M in FY24 to $16.0M in FY25.
Scott Strazik's first full-year comp at GE Vernova post-spinoff — making him the highest-paid clean energy CEO in the dataset. Bloom Energy founder KR Sridhar came in higher only via a one-time $42M founder equity grant.
Hover any cell for source notes. Color = data confidence.
| Function | Analyst 0–2 yrs | Associate 3–5 yrs | VP 6–9 yrs | Director 10–14 yrs | MD / Principal 15+ yrs | C-suite CEO / CFO / COO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Development & Origination Origis · Hecate · Lightsource bp · Apex · Invenergy · Pattern · Avantus · EDF Renewables | $110K n=25 | $150K n=10 | $290K n=9 | $310K n=9 | $425K n=2 | — Partner pending |
Project Finance (lender) MUFG · Mizuho · SMBC · Crédit Agricole · ING · Natixis · RBC · Citi · BofA Houston | $155K n=10 | $245K n=15 | $425K n=20 | $600K n=11 | $1400K n=5 | — |
Infrastructure Investing Brookfield Infra · GIP · KKR · EQT · Stonepeak · Macquarie · I Squared · ECP | $200K n=3 | $360K n=13 | $475K n=8 | $700K n=4 | $500K n=3 | $4.8M n=1 |
Asset Management & Operations Brookfield Renewable · Clearway · NextEra · Vistra · Pattern · National Grid Renewables | $110K n=12 | $130K n=6 | $240K n=5 | $305K n=9 | $420K n=5 | $16.0M n=30 |
Total compensation as reported in the Summary Compensation Table — base + cash bonus + stock awards (grant-date fair value) + other.
| # | Firm | Name | FY | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GE Vernova | Scott Strazik | FY2024 | $24.33M |
| 2 | NextEra Energy | John W. Ketchum | FY2024 | $21.60M |
| 3 | Sempra | Jeffrey W. Martin | FY2024 | $19.86M |
| 4 | Talen Energy | Mark "Mac" McFarland | FY2025 | $18.74M |
| 5 | Southern Company | Christopher C. Womack | FY2024 | $16.74M |
| 6 | Constellation Energy | Joseph Dominguez | FY2024 | $16.22M |
| 7 | Vistra Corp | James A. Burke | FY2025 | $15.99M |
| 8 | Dominion Energy | Robert M. Blue | FY2025 | $15.22M |
| 9 | Edison International | Pedro J. Pizarro | FY2025 | $14.42M |
| 10 | Duke Energy | Harry K. Sideris | FY2025 | $13.57M |
| 11 | AES Corporation | Andrés Gluski | FY2024 | $13.36M |
| 12 | Enphase Energy | Badrinarayanan Kothandaraman | FY2024 | $12.63M |
We are deliberately transparent about how each number was computed and how confident we are in it.
No single public source covers every dev/IPP/PF role at every seniority. We could hide that fact and present a uniform-looking grid — but the audience deserves to know which cells are anchored to mandatory filings (HIGH) versus self-report (MEDIUM) versus convention-based estimates (SPARSE) versus structurally unavailable in public data (GAP).
GAP cells are not estimates. We will not guess at them. They are placeholders for data that will arrive via our Anchor Partner program (a co-publishing relationship with a specialist energy executive recruiter) in Q4 2026.
Tax-equity practitioners are a small enough community that public-data gaps at every seniority above Analyst would have been visible to insiders. Rather than fill those cells with industry-convention estimates, we left them out. We will revisit Tax Equity if and when Anchor Partner data covers it credibly.
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