Compensation for leaders at publicly traded mortgage giants wavered last year, although a few executives received massive stock awards.

Rocket Cos. CEO Varun Krishna led the field with $52.9 million in total compensation in 2025, according to the company's annual report. Like his peers however, the majority of his earnings came in stock-related awards, although the Rocket boss still received a cash payout of over $5.2 million.

The Detroit-based giant compensated five executives a combined $131.2 million, over $90 million of which was reported in stock-related awards. That total sum outpaced other Wall Street mortgage players, whose fortunes and executive pay rose and fell with their company performance.

Compensation data is derived from the companies' annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in recent weeks. It's unknown how the public salaries compare to compensation for leaders of non-bank lenders — whose private jets, stakes in professional sports teams and other endeavors hint at potentially deeper pockets. 

Meanwhile, the median employee salary rose at some of the reporting companies. Scroll through to see how much public mortgage executives were paid last year and how that compared to 2024.