Clark County’s six publicly traded companies reveal CEO compensation

Compensation packages for chief executives at Clark County’s six publicly traded companies varied widely in 2025, with two local CEOs’ compensations ballooning into eight digits.

The companies recently released their year-end proxy statements, which disclose executive compensation.

The median total compensation for S&P 500 CEOs was $17.7 million in 2025, according to Equilar, which tracks corporate governance data and executive compensation trends. That figure represents a 5.9 percent increase compared with 2024.

“This is actually the smallest increase year over year that we’ve seen since 2022,” said Courtney Yu, director of research at Equilar.

That increase, however, still is in line with the more general year-over-year trend of CEO compensations increasing, Yu said.

The top 100 CEOs tracked by Equilar saw their compensation packages reach a median of $29.4 million in 2025, a 23.2 percent increase.

In Clark County, two companies showed astronomical CEO compensation. Camas laser manufacturer nLIGHT paid CEO Scott Keeney $37.3 million, a roughly 626 percent increase from 2024. Vancouver software company ZoomInfo paid CEO Henry Schuck $33.3 million, a 432.8 percent increase from 2024.

Most of those increases were from stock awards or options. Equilar found the median value of stock awards climbed 38.8 percent from 2024 to 2025.

“That’s where we normally see the largest growth in compensation for CEOs,” Yu said.

Yu said most CEOs’ compensation comes from equity awards or annual bonuses, “something that is tied to either the performance of the company or the stock price of the company.”

CEO compensation at the county’s other publicly traded companies proved to be more varied. Some saw more modest increases, while others dropped compared with 2024.

Yu said compensation seemed to be higher in tech-centric and communications companies.

Equilar also found perks for CEOs rose nationally, particularly for security benefits.

Perks usually don’t show a significant increase, Yu said.

But companies spent more on security for their CEOs in 2025, which Yu said was tied to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024.

Scott Keeney: nLIGHT, Camas

Keeney helped found laser manufacturer nLIGHT in 2000 and has been the Camas company’s CEO ever since. He earned $37.3 million in total compensation in 2025, according to nLIGHT’s latest proxy statement released in April. His base salary was $476,808 in 2025, up from $454,077 in 2024. The overwhelming majority of his compensation came in the way of stock awards, which were $36 million.

Gary Kramer: Barrett Business Services Inc., Vancouver

Kramer joined Vancouver-based business services company BBSI as CEO in March 2020. He earned $5 million in total compensation in 2025, according to the company’s latest proxy statement released in April. His base salary was $887,258 in 2025, up from $847,115 in 2024. About $2.5 million of his total compensation came in the way of stock awards, and another $1.4 million was part of a non-equity incentive plan.

Sean McClain: Absci, Vancouver

McClain founded Vancouver-based Absci in 2011 and has been CEO of the AI-infused biotechnology company ever since. McClain earned $3.7 million in total compensation in 2025, according to Absci’s latest proxy statement released in April. His base salary was $689,936 in 2025, up from $660,400 in 2024. He also was granted around $650,000 in stock awards and $2 million in option awards.

Scott Montross: NWPX Infrastructure, Vancouver

Montross took over as president and CEO of Vancouver infrastructure manufacturer NWPX Infrastructure, formerly Northwest Pipe Co., in 2013. He earned $3.5 million in total compensation in 2025, according to the company’s latest proxy statement released in April. His base salary in 2025 was $732,182, up from $727,846 in 2024. Most of his compensation came in the way of stock awards ($1.3 million) and non-equity incentive plan compensation ($1.5 million).

Henry Schuck: ZoomInfo, Vancouver

Schuck co-founded his software company DiscoveryOrg in 2007. The Vancouver-based company took the name ZoomInfo in 2019. He has served as its CEO since DiscoveryOrg’s founding. Schuck earned $33.3 million in 2025, according to the company’s latest proxy statement released in March. His base salary was $591,625 in 2025, up from $562,410 the previous year. The vast majority of his compensation came from his CEO premium-priced performance stock option awards, amounting to roughly $32.4 million.

Nicole Sherman: Riverview Bancorp Inc., Vancouver

Sherman became CEO at Vancouver’s Riverview Bank in 2024. Her total compensation in 2026 is $527,653, according to the company’s latest proxy statement released in July. Sherman’s base salary is $430,461 this year, up from $318,750 in 2025. The rest of her compensation comes from stock awards and other compensation like retirement contributions and phone and car allowances.