Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Schedule of Restricted and Performance Stock Unit Activity

The following table summarizes Verizon’s Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Stock Unit activity:

	Restricted Stock Units				Performance
(shares in thousands)	Equity Awards		Liability Awards		Stock Units
Outstanding January 1, 2017	13,308		—		17,919
Granted	4,216		25,168		6,564
Payments	(4,825	)	(8,487	)	(6,031	)
Cancelled/Forfeited	(66	)	(2,690	)	(217	)
Outstanding December 31, 2017	12,633		13,991		18,235
Granted	4,134		15,157		5,779
Payments	(5,977	)	(6,860	)	(4,526	)
Cancelled/Forfeited	(213	)	(2,362	)	(2,583	)
Outstanding December 31, 2018	10,577		19,926		16,905
Granted	3,169		5,814		4,593
Payments	(6,397	)	(9,429	)	(3,255	)
Cancelled/Forfeited	(90	)	(1,598	)	(2,692	)
Outstanding December 31, 2019	7,259		14,713		15,551