Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $82k and $309k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $596k, roughly 3.5 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $596,382 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $309,192 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $169,646 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $82,136 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $31,000 | 10% of executives earn less than this |
How the package is built.
The typical pay structure across 995 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (50% of the 2,011 orgs in this slice). Each share is the average across orgs of the fraction of total comp that goes to this component, so the bar fills 100%.
The number in context.
Every row links to its own dedicated benchmark page.
All figures are median total reported compensation · IRS Form 990, Schedule J
Pay varies by state.
Washington pays $38,725 more than the median COO compensation in health care nationally.
The ten highest-paid health care COOs by filing.
| # | Organization | Location | Total compensation | Filing year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $4,762,491 | 2023 |
| 02 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $4,762,491 | 2023 |
| 03 | Ochsner Clinic Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $4,206,022 | 2024 |
| 04 | Ihc Health Services Inc | Salt Lake City, UT | $4,083,946 | 2024 |
| 05 | Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $3,903,959 | 2023 |
| 06 | Sutter Health | Sacramento, CA | $3,655,805 | 2024 |
| 07 | Children'S Health System Of Texas | Dallas, TX | $3,455,378 | 2023 |
| 08 | Bayada Home Health Care Inc | Pennsauken, NJ | $3,411,085 | 2024 |
| 09 | Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $3,210,922 | 2023 |
| 10 | The New York And Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY | $2,363,928 | 2023 |
Total includes base, bonus, other reportable, and deferred/retirement compensation per Schedule J.
What does a $X org pay?
Adjust the slider to your organization's revenue. The median COO compensation for health care nonprofits in that revenue band updates live.