A Few Highlights From AT&T 2023 Annual Report to Shareholders 

A Few Highlights From AT&T 2023 Annual Report to Shareholders 

These bullet items were taken directly from the AT&T report to shareholders.  Any reference to “we”, “our”, “The Company” etc.   all refer to AT&T.

  • Number of Employees as of January 31, 2024, we employed approximately 149,900 persons.
  • The total compensation of our median employee is $137,176. The final pay ratio calculation is 193:1. for CEO compensation. 
  • John Stanky CEO:  total compensation for 2023 which included base salary of $2.4 million, plus awards, earnings, shares etc. for a total of $26.4 million. In 2022 the total was almost $23 million. 
  • Compensation and Benefits In addition to salaries, we provide a variety of benefit programs to help meet the needs of our employees. These programs cover active and former employees and may vary by subsidiary and region. These programs include 401(k) plans, pension benefits, and health and welfare benefits, among many others. In addition to our active employee base, at December 31, 2023, we had approximately 505,000 retirees and dependents who were eligible to receive retiree benefits.

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  • Total health and welfare benefits provided to certain active and retired employees and their dependents totaled approximately $2,990 in 2023 and $3,200 in 2022, with $624 paid from plan assets in 2023 compared to $788 in 2022. Of those benefits, approximately $2,730 related to medical and prescription drug benefits in 2023 compared to $2,840 in 2022. In addition, in 2023, we prefunded $135 for future benefit payments versus $500 in 2022. We paid $4,863 of pension benefits out of plan assets in 2023 compared to $5,854 in 2022.
  • At December 31, 2023, the Company’s defined benefit pension obligation was $33,227 million and exceeded the fair value of pension plan assets of $30,098 million, resulting in an unfunded benefit obligation of $3,129 million. Additionally, at December 31, 2023, the Company’s postretirement benefit obligation was $6,693 million and exceeded the fair value of postretirement plan assets of $1,763 million, resulting in an unfunded benefit obligation of $4,930 million.
  • Mobility: We classify our subscribers as either postpaid, prepaid, connected device or reseller. As of December 31, 2023, we served 242 million Mobility subscribers, including 87 million postpaid (71 million phone), 19 million prepaid, 7 million reseller and 128 million connected devices.