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Updated through 2024NTEE E · Health Care

Health Care nonprofitexecutive pay

Median top-executive pay across 13,882 health care nonprofits, 2019 – 2024. Each organization is counted once at its most recent filing, using the highest-paid leader reported on IRS Form 990, Schedule J.

Organizations that provide health care services and support, including hospitals, clinics, nursing facilities, and public health programs.

Median executive pay
$152,034
The typical health care nonprofit's highest-paid executive earns $152,034 in total reported compensation.
25th pct
$61k
75th pct
$370k
90th pct
$941k
13,882 organizations · 2019 – 2024
Percentile distribution

Where the middle 50% lands.

Half earn between $61k and $370k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $941k, roughly 6.2 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.

PercentileTotal compMeans
90th$940,814Top 10% of earners
75th$370,08025% earn more than this
50th · median$152,034The typical executive
25th$61,09025% earn less than this
10th$25,00010% of executives earn less than this
By organization size

Bigger budgets, bigger paychecks.

Median executive pay rises with organization revenue. Each band shows the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of top-executive pay for health care nonprofits in that revenue range.

Revenue band25thMedian75thOrgs
Under $1M$25k$51,614$86k4,556
$1M – $10M$88k$140,559$220k4,055
$10M – $100M$214k$334,848$526k3,360
$100M – $500M$471k$776,351$1.3M1,217
$500M – $1B$702k$1,216,704$1.8M347
Over $1B$1.1M$1,871,534$3.7M347
Revenue bands with fewer than 5 organizations are not shown.
By role

Benchmark a specific Health Care role

Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within health care nonprofits.

Board & trustee pay

Health Care board & trustee pay norms

23% of health care nonprofits pay at least one board member or trustee, with a typical per-person payment of $62,500 across a median board of 6 paid members.

Organizations paying board members
23%
Median board pay
$62,500
Median paid board size
6
By filing type
Form 990: 29%
Form 990-EZ: 5%
Form 990-PF: 15%
Directory

Hospitals, clinics, public health organizations, and health systems. Includes community health centers, nursing facilities, rehabilitation services, and emergency medical services. There are 22,519 health care organizations in our database with compensation data from IRS Form 990 filings. Use the table below to browse them, or sort by revenue, location, or number of reported executives.

Organizations in Health Care

22,519 organizations · Page 10 of 451

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER INCBaltimoreMD$805.6M16
OVERLAKE MEDICAL CENTER & CLINICSBellevueWA$802.8M13
SMDC MEDICAL CENTERDuluthMN$796.4M18
ALEGENT HEALTH - BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEMOmahaNE$792.7M14
Tucson Medical CenterTucsonAZ$791.6M21
GASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCGastoniaNC$790.9M14
CITY OF HOPE MEDICAL FOUNDATIONDuarteCA$789.3M17
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallasTX$788.7M23
HARRISON MEDICAL CENTERSilverdaleWA$783.6M17
Heartland Regional Medical CenterSt JosephMO$782.2M17
ALTRU HEALTH SYSTEMGrand ForksND$780.4M21
Texas Children's Physician GroupBellaireTX$780.3M22
Indiana University Health Bloomington IncIndianapolisIN$780.1M22
The Hospital of Central ConnecticutNew BritainCT$776.5M15
PRIME HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INCOntarioCA$776.3M44
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTEROmahaNE$774.5M9
UPMCPittsburghPA$772.2M0
FLOYD HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT INCRomeGA$772.1M32
SSM HEALTH CARE OF WISCONSIN INCSt LouisMO$770.2M27
West Virginia University Medical CorporationMorgantownWV$769.6M25
Shelby County Health Care CorporationMemphisTN$766.8M7
St Luke's Health System LtdBoiseID$764.8M15
SOUTH NASSAU COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL INCOceansideNY$760.6M15
GENESIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEMZanesvilleOH$759.9M19
ASCENSION VIA CHRISTI HOSPITALS WICHITA INCSt LouisMO$759.1M15
BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER INCPittsfieldMA$757.5M15
Baptist Health Medical Group IncCoral GablesFL$756.4M11
The Miriam HospitalProvidenceRI$755.8M15
FAYETTE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INCFayettevilleGA$748.8M13
Martin's Point Generations Advantage IncPortlandME$745.8M7
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITALSan FranciscoCA$744.2M15
NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITALOmahaNE$743.7M14
HEALTHWELL FOUNDATIONGermantownMD$742.4M19
DAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITALDaytonOH$741.3M11
Shannon Medical CenterSan AngeloTX$740.3M27
St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Franci sGreen BayWI$739.7M10
VitalantScottsdaleAZ$739.6M31
SHAWNEE MISSION MEDICAL CENTER INCShawnee MissionKS$738.7M28
UNION HOSPITAL INCTerre HauteIN$737.9M18
KALISPELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERKalispellMT$737.5M16
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INCNew OrleansLA$737.3M11
The Elliot Hospital of the City of ManchesterManchesterNH$736.7M15
DIALYSIS CLINIC INCNashvilleTN$736.4M14
LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER INCLafayetteLA$734.9M22
Portercare Adventist Health SystemGreenwood VillageCO$731.2M27
Memorial Hospital of South Bend IncSouth BendIN$730.5M18
ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INCWausauWI$730.4M25
Munster Medical Research Foundation IncMunsterIN$729M10
MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM CORPORATIONJanesvilleWI$723.1M25
Huntington Hospital Association C/O NORTHWELL HEALTH INCWestburyNY$722.9M9