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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 18 of 451

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
Indiana University Health West Hospital IncIndianapolisIN$392.8M17
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INCNew YorkNY$392.3M13
PIH Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos AngelesCA$391.2M13
Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships FoundationAustinTX$390.9M0
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH INCCharlestownMA$389.6M27
MEDICAL FACULTY ASSOCIATES INCWashingtonDC$389.5M21
VAIL CLINIC INC % VHH ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENTVailCO$389.3M14
Upper Chesapeake Medical Center IncBel AirMD$389.1M12
UVA PRINCE WILLIAM MEDICAL CENTERManassasVA$388.8M12
ASCENSION SE WISCONSIN HOSPITAL INCSt LouisMO$388.4M22
WELLSTAR NORTH FULTON HOSPITALMariettaGA$388.2M76
SAINT JOSEPH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER- SOUTH BEND CAMPUS INCMishawakaIN$387.9M15
The Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarveyIL$387.9M18
EMERSON HOSPITALConcordMA$387.3M11
SANSUM CLINICSacramentoCA$387.2M19
PROVIDENCE PLAN PARTNERSRentonWA$386.3M14
CANTON-POTSDAM HOSPITALPotsdamNY$385.7M14
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK MEDICAL GROUP INCBurlingtonVT$385.4M27
NORTH EAST MEDICAL SERVICESDaly CityCA$385.1M14
MENNONITE GENERAL HOSPITAL INCCidraPR$384.8M25
CENTRASTATE MEDICAL CENTER INCFreeholdNJ$384.3M20
Salina Regional Health Center IncSalinaKS$383.2M15
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINOSan FranciscoCA$382.8M16
Wayne Memorial Hospital IncGoldsboroNC$382.1M10
Brockton Hospital IncBrocktonMA$381.8M13
GETTYSBURG HOSPITALYorkPA$381.7M18
SENTARA MEDICAL GROUPVirginia BeachVA$381.4M41
SAN JUAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERFarmingtonNM$381.2M13
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITALDoylestownPA$380.7M19
Southern New Hampshire Medical CenterNashuaNH$380.4M13
Community Mercy Health PartnersSpringfieldOH$380M16
St Mary Medical Center IncHobartIN$378.4M8
Montefiore Nyack HospitalNyackNY$378M11
ASCENSION GENESYS HOSPITALSt LouisMO$377.9M13
ST ALEXIUS MEDICAL CENTERSt LouisMO$377.4M9
NORTHEAST GEORGIA PHYSICIANS GROUP INCGainesvilleGA$376.9M23
HUNTERDON MEDICAL CENTERFlemingtonNJ$376.8M13
LAHEY CLINIC INCCharlestownMA$376.7M36
SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTERWatertownNY$376.6M21
Saint Lukes East HospitalLees SummitMO$376.2M13
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INCNew YorkNY$375.5M12
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalKalamazooMI$372.8M16
ALLEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORPORATIONWaterlooIA$371.7M15
LEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICESHoustonTX$370.6M15
ANCHORUM ST VINCENTSanta FeNM$370.4M3
ST PETER'S HEALTHHelenaMT$370.1M12
LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AT NYU LANGONE HEALTHPatchogueNY$370M16
ESSENTIA HEALTHDuluthMN$369.9M40
FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF OUR LADY HEALTH SYSTEM INCBaton RougeLA$369M19
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONGlenwood SpringsCO$368.5M10