Median OTE for newly hired executives is flat QoQ so far in Q1. With a Wall Street Journal article from earlier this week on salary deflation making the rounds, we checked how in on how compensation was trending for the most recent crop of executive placements. Execs are bucking the larger trend, but not by much. Median OTE is up less than 1%, and no levels within the executive band appear to deviate much from Q4 2024. While still small changes, median base salaries did drop slightly with bonuses getting slightly richer. We’ve seen richer bonuses for two straight quarters now, showing companies may be tight with guarantees, but are still willing to pay for success.