Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

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 Stock Units
(shares in thousands)	Equity Awards	Liability Awards	Equity Awards	Liability Awards
Outstanding January 1, 2019	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
Granted	3,638	15,161	4,358	1,389
Payments	(3,814)	(9,311)	—	(7,160)
Cancelled/Forfeited	(182)	(1,004)	(116)	(143)
Outstanding December 31, 2020	6,901	19,559	4,242	9,637
Granted	4,079	16,845	5,353	1,692
Payments	(3,417)	(10,797)	—	(6,718)
Cancelled/Forfeited	(784)	(8,317)	(955)	(146)
Outstanding December 31, 2021	6,779	17,290	8,640	4,465