Here are 9 statistics on average compensation of non-profit hospital top management officials, according to the Internal Revenue Service’s Exempt Organizations Hospital Compliance Project Final Report. Persons listed as “CEO” or “chief executive officer” were treated as top management officials by the survey. If no person was listed in either position, persons listed as “president,” “executive director” or “administrator” were treated as the top management officials.
Average salary by community type:
High population — $650,200
Critical access hospitals — $152,699
Rural — non-critical access hospitals – $289,500
Other — $427,500
Average salary by hospital revenue:
Revenue under $25 million — $149,700
Revenue between $25 and $100 million — $289,600
Revenue between $100 and $250 million — $465,300
Revenue between $250 and 500 million — $642,100
Revenue over $500 million — $877,200
Read the IRS report on non-profit hospital finances.
