CEOs for Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems were paid between 96 and 161 times more than the median annual salary for an employee at the health system between 2019 and 2023, according to proxy statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
To identify the median compensated employee, the health system uses base salary as its consistently applied compensation measure.
Wayne Smith served as CEO 2019 and 2020 and Tim Hingtgen has served as CEO since 2021.
Here is how the CEO-to-worker median pay ratio has changed the past five years:
2019
Total CEO compensation: $8,064,410
Median employee compensation: $53,461
Ratio: 151 to 1
2020
Total CEO compensation: $9,078,027
Median employee compensation: $56,231
Ratio: 161 to 1
2021
Total CEO compensation: $9,548,697
Median employee compensation: $60,868
Ratio: 157 to 1
2022
Total CEO compensation: $6,325,212
Median employee compensation: $65,072
Ratio: 97 to 1
2023
Total CEO compensation: $8,370,893
Median employee compensation: $87,176
Ratio: 96 to 1