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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 7 of 451

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
FIRSTHEALTH OF THE CAROLINAS INCPinehurstNC$1.2B21
Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services IncLa CrosseWI$1.2B44
COBB HOSPITAL INCMariettaGA$1.2B75
Renown Regional Medical CenterRenoNV$1.2B10
UNITED HEALTH SERVICES HOSPITALS INCBinghamtonNY$1.2B22
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION PCBirminghamAL$1.2B32
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas CityMO$1.2B24
MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA INCMaconGA$1.2B14
THE VALLEY HOSPITAL INCRidgewoodNJ$1.2B9
SALEM HEALTHSalemOR$1.1B21
Kettering Medical CenterMiamisburgOH$1.1B21
SHANDS JACKSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER INCJacksonvilleFL$1.1B28
Elderserve Health IncBronxNY$1.1B11
CENTRA HEALTH INCLynchburgVA$1.1B17
REGIONS HOSPITALMinneapolisMN$1.1B22
CAPE COD HEALTHCARE INC & AFFILIATESHyannisMA$1.1B29
BROOKDALE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTERBrooklynNY$1.1B18
Eastern Maine Medical Center Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenBangorME$1.1B29
PARKVIEW HEALTH SYSTEM INCFort WayneIN$1.1B55
Driscoll Children's HospitalCorpus ChristiTX$1.1B20
Physician Affiliate Group of New York PCNew YorkNY$1.1B36
YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATIONNew HavenCT$1.1B30
ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUMAnchorageAK$1.1B26
ST CLOUD HOSPITALSt CloudMN$1.1B20
Grossmont Hospital CorporationSan DiegoCA$1.1B17
ASCENSION ST JOHN HOSPITALSt LouisMO$1.1B14
Stormont-Vail Healthcare IncTopekaKS$1.1B14
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta BarbaraCA$1.1B9
NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIANQUEENSFlushingNY$1.1B24
TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE INCTallahasseeFL$1.1B11
Orlando Health Medical Group IncOrlandoFL$1.1B11
BAYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER INCDoverDE$1.1B19
CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINICIrvingTX$1.1B43
BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTERNew YorkNY$1.1B23
MARY WASHINGTON HEALTHCARE GROUP RETURNFredericksburgVA$1.1B31
Mountain States Health AllianceJohnson CityTN$1.1B25
SSM HEALTH CARE OF OKLAHOMA INCSt LouisMO$1.1B22
HCR MANORCARE INCToledoOH$1B14
AULTMAN HEALTH FOUNDATION GROUP RETURNCantonOH$1B31
OCHSNER LSU HEALTH SYSTEM OF NORTH LOUISIANAShreveportLA$1B5
Variety Children's HospitalMiamiFL$1B15
White Plains Hospital Medical CenterWhite PlainsNY$1B12
WELLSPAN MEDICAL GROUPYorkPA$1B22
POUDRE VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP LLCFort CollinsCO$1B15
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital IncRapid CitySD$1B20
LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUPAllentownPA$1B40
SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM INCLexingtonKY$1B18
CAMP BOWIE SERVICE CENTEROaklandCA$1B20
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN INCMilwaukeeWI$1B15
BayCare Health System IncClearwaterFL$1B13