Investment professionals' compensation

Since Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. ("Schwab") was founded more than 40 years ago, we've been committed to serving the needs of individual investors. One of our most important beliefs is that you should understand how the financial professionals assisting you are paid, so you can evaluate the recommendations you receive.

On these pages, we identify the different categories of investment professionals who may serve you at Schwab and describe how they are compensated. This includes both Schwab employees and independent branch franchisees (and their employees) operating Schwab Independent Branches. Compensation for investment professionals who provide recommendations is designed to support the provision of advice in the client's best interest.

Please note that the information below describes how Schwab pays employee professionals and shares revenue with Independent Branch professionals, not how you pay Schwab for the services you receive. Information about what you pay Schwab for the services we provide can be found at schwab.com/pricing.

These pages summarize our compensation plans and incorporate all recent changes in effect as of January 1, 2022, including changes to how we pay Schwab Financial Consultants.

This brochure is accurate as of the date indicated above. The most recent information is available at www.schwab.com/compensationdisclosure.

We invite you to read this information carefully and to contact us at 800-435-4000 if you have any questions. (For multilingual services, call 800-662-6068. For services outside the U.S., call +1-415-667-8400.)

If you have questions about information contained in this section, please call 800-435-4000. For media inquiries, please call the Schwab Corporate Public Relations hotline at 415-667-9500.

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Please note that the information in this section does not apply to Schwab accounts managed by an independent investment advisor. Independent investment advisors are not owned by, affiliated with, or supervised by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. ("Schwab").