Mission
THE MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HAS BEEN TO SUSTAIN AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE, THE COMMUNICATION OF KNOWLEDGE, THE CREATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE FOSTERING OF A DYNAMIC COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS.
Executive compensation, broken down
Form 990 · Schedule J · 31 reported individuals · Filing year 2023
Former President
former officer/director/trustee
$4.8M
$5.3M
- Base
- $594k
- Bonus
- $31k
- Other
- $4.1M
- Benefits
- $11k
Exec Vp, Med. Affairs
vice president
$3M
$3.3M
- Base
- $2.4M
- Bonus
- $495k
- Other
- $12k
- Benefits
- $38k
Professor Emeritus
highest compensated employee
$2.1M
$2.3M
- Base
- $507k
- Bonus
- $1.5M
- Other
- $25k
- Benefits
- $14k
Vice President and CIO
$2M
$2.2M
- Base
- $692k
- Bonus
- $1.2M
- Other
- $54k
- Benefits
- $38k
Professor
highest compensated employee
$1.9M
$2.1M
- Base
- $1.7M
- Bonus
- $215k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $22k
President
$1.9M
$2.1M
- Base
- $1.2M
- Bonus
- $581k
- Other
- $21k
- Benefits
- $22k
Professor of Surgery
highest compensated employee
$1.8M
$2M
- Base
- $1.5M
- Bonus
- $219k
- Other
- $20k
- Benefits
- $41k
Staff Scientist
highest compensated employee
$1.7M
$1.8M
- Base
- $457k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- $1.1M
- Benefits
- $25k
CFO (until 10/1/23)
$1.6M
$1.8M
- Base
- $933k
- Bonus
- $114k
- Other
- $530k
- Benefits
- $37k
Asst Vp/mng Dir Pe
highest compensated employee
$1.5M
$1.7M
- Base
- $562k
- Bonus
- $890k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $25k
Professor
former officer/director/trustee
$1.5M
$1.6M
- Base
- $747k
- Bonus
- $632k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $68k
Dean Booth School of Business
key employee
$1.2M
$1.3M
- Base
- $925k
- Bonus
- $162k
- Other
- $23k
- Benefits
- $18k
VP & General Counsel
vice president
$1.1M
$1.2M
- Base
- $833k
- Bonus
- $63k
- Other
- $10k
- Benefits
- $181k
Professor
former officer/director/trustee
$1.1M
$1.2M
- Base
- $636k
- Bonus
- $125k
- Other
- $280k
- Benefits
- $29k
Interim Dean
key employee
$1.1M
$1.2M
- Base
- $860k
- Bonus
- $86k
- Other
- $11k
- Benefits
- $84k
Provost
officer (unspecified)
$1.1M
$1.2M
- Base
- $880k
- Bonus
- $63k
- Other
- $59k
- Benefits
- $25k
VP Enroll. & Student Adv.
vice president
$967k
$1.1M
- Base
- $833k
- Bonus
- $83k
- Other
- $10k
- Benefits
- $15k
VP for National Laboratories
vice president
$949k
$1.1M
- Base
- $709k
- Bonus
- $167k
- Other
- $8k
- Benefits
- $39k
VP Alumni Relations and Dev.
vice president
$755k
$837k
- Base
- $626k
- Bonus
- $59k
- Other
- $20k
- Benefits
- $24k
Associate Vice President
vice president
$699k
$775k
- Base
- $550k
- Bonus
- $121k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $2k
VP Communications
vice president
$637k
$706k
- Base
- $517k
- Bonus
- $42k
- Other
- $11k
- Benefits
- $42k
Vice President
vice president
$637k
$705k
- Base
- $461k
- Bonus
- $133k
- Other
- $4k
- Benefits
- $13k
VP & Secretary
vice president
$567k
$628k
- Base
- $476k
- Bonus
- $48k
- Other
- $2k
- Benefits
- $16k
Executive Vice President
executive vice president
$558k
$618k
- Base
- $420k
- Bonus
- $67k
- Other
- $4k
- Benefits
- $41k
Assi Vp, COO and Mg Dir
$539k
$597k
- Base
- $99k
- Bonus
- $436k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $2k
VP & Chief of Staff
vice president
$501k
$555k
- Base
- $412k
- Bonus
- $42k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $33k
VP Civic Engagement
vice president
$491k
$544k
- Base
- $444k
- Bonus
- $9k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $12k
Assoc VP Civic Engagement
vice president
$314k
$348k
- Base
- $210k
- Bonus
- $13k
- Other
- $52k
- Benefits
- $22k
Cfo/vp - Uc; Evp/cfo - Uc MED
officer (unspecified)
$234k
$259k
Chief Executive Officer - Crsp
$50k
$56k
Trustee (until May 2024)
board member
$3k
$3k
| Position | Base | Bonus | Other | Benefits | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Former President former officer/director/trustee | $594k | $31k | $4.1M | $11k | $4.8M $5.3M |
Exec Vp, Med. Affairs vice president | $2.4M | $495k | $12k | $38k | $3M $3.3M |
Professor Emeritus highest compensated employee | $507k | $1.5M | $25k | $14k | $2.1M $2.3M |
Vice President and CIO | $692k | $1.2M | $54k | $38k | $2M $2.2M |
Professor highest compensated employee | $1.7M | $215k | — | $22k | $1.9M $2.1M |
President | $1.2M | $581k | $21k | $22k | $1.9M $2.1M |
Professor of Surgery highest compensated employee | $1.5M | $219k | $20k | $41k | $1.8M $2M |
Staff Scientist highest compensated employee | $457k | — | $1.1M | $25k | $1.7M $1.8M |
CFO (until 10/1/23) | $933k | $114k | $530k | $37k | $1.6M $1.8M |
Asst Vp/mng Dir Pe highest compensated employee | $562k | $890k | — | $25k | $1.5M $1.7M |
Professor former officer/director/trustee | $747k | $632k | — | $68k | $1.5M $1.6M |
Dean Booth School of Business key employee | $925k | $162k | $23k | $18k | $1.2M $1.3M |
VP & General Counsel vice president | $833k | $63k | $10k | $181k | $1.1M $1.2M |
Professor former officer/director/trustee | $636k | $125k | $280k | $29k | $1.1M $1.2M |
Interim Dean key employee | $860k | $86k | $11k | $84k | $1.1M $1.2M |
Provost officer (unspecified) | $880k | $63k | $59k | $25k | $1.1M $1.2M |
VP Enroll. & Student Adv. vice president | $833k | $83k | $10k | $15k | $967k $1.1M |
VP for National Laboratories vice president | $709k | $167k | $8k | $39k | $949k $1.1M |
VP Alumni Relations and Dev. vice president | $626k | $59k | $20k | $24k | $755k $837k |
Associate Vice President vice president | $550k | $121k | — | $2k | $699k $775k |
VP Communications vice president | $517k | $42k | $11k | $42k | $637k $706k |
Vice President vice president | $461k | $133k | $4k | $13k | $637k $705k |
VP & Secretary vice president | $476k | $48k | $2k | $16k | $567k $628k |
Executive Vice President executive vice president | $420k | $67k | $4k | $41k | $558k $618k |
Assi Vp, COO and Mg Dir | $99k | $436k | — | $2k | $539k $597k |
VP & Chief of Staff vice president | $412k | $42k | — | $33k | $501k $555k |
VP Civic Engagement vice president | $444k | $9k | — | $12k | $491k $544k |
Assoc VP Civic Engagement vice president | $210k | $13k | $52k | $22k | $314k $348k |
Cfo/vp - Uc; Evp/cfo - Uc MED officer (unspecified) | — | — | — | — | $234k $259k |
Chief Executive Officer - Crsp | — | — | — | — | $50k $56k |
Trustee (until May 2024) board member | — | — | — | — | $3k $3k |
Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.
Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
Plus 51 unpaid individuals.
Up 39%
from 2022
From $3.4M in 2022 to $4.8M in 2023.
$3.4M
2022
$4.8M
2023
$3.4M
2022
$4.8M
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 34% in real terms$3.9M to $5.3M
Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend
Revenue and expenses over time
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.
RevenueExpenses
$4.7B
$4.8B
2022
$4.9B
$5.2B
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark
What Education executives earn in Illinois
Comparable education organizations in Illinois pay their highest-earning executive a median of $79,978.
25th percentile
$25k
Median
$79,978
75th percentile
$195k
90th percentile
$368k
These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 362 organizations across 362 filings (2021 – 2023).
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