Advocate Health CEO salary and executive pay
Advocate Health paid its CEO, JAMES SKOGSBERGH, $30,862,679 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $13,445,733 (77.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Advocate Health ranks 1st of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Advocate Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Also known as Advocate Aurora Health.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 82-4184596, Oak Brook, IL.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$30,862,679
- Revenue on this return
- $71,462,282
- This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp (EIN 36-2169147), $7,808,910,070 on its latest return.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503219349328340.View the filing
Revenue is Part I, line 12. Pay as a share of revenue and the peer comparison are not shown for a parent filer.
Advocate Aurora Health Inc is the system parent and reports the chief executive's pay on its own return. Its hospital companies, including Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation and Aurora Health Care, file separate returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 34 people were paid more than $500,000, 29 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| JAMES SKOGSBERGH CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $30,862,679 |
| WILLIAM SANTULLIPRESIDENT | $7,866,221 |
| GARY STUCKCHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER | $5,031,929 |
| DOMINIC NAKISFORMER OFFICER | $4,607,851 |
| ANTHONY DEFURIOFORMER OFFICER | $4,324,005 |
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | JAMES SKOGSBERGH CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $30,862,679 | $71,462,282 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | JAMES SKOGSBERGH CEO DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, CEO | $17,416,946 | $93,587,373 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | JAMES SKOGSBERGH CEO DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, CEO | $8,225,985 | $175,431,990 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503219349328340.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| JAMES SKOGSBERGHCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $28,850,544 | $0 | $2,012,135 | $1,753,853 | $14,440,055 | $12,656,636 | $1,991,487 | $20,648 | $30,862,679 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| WILLIAM SANTULLIPRESIDENT | $7,191,882 | $0 | $674,339 | $827,709 | $3,009,211 | $3,354,962 | $642,892 | $31,447 | $7,866,221 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| GARY STUCKCHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER | $4,546,690 | $0 | $485,239 | $533,932 | $1,911,215 | $2,101,543 | $462,273 | $22,966 | $5,031,929 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| DOMINIC NAKIS*FORMER OFFICER | $3,375,856 | $0 | $1,231,995 | $0 | $0 | $3,375,856 | $1,231,323 | $672 | $4,607,851 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| ANTHONY DEFURIO*FORMER OFFICER | $0 | $4,324,005 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $2,281,466 | $2,042,539 | $0 | $0 | $4,324,005 | |||
These figures come from Advocate Health's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Advocate Health compares
Ranked 1st of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Penn State Health$3,235,216 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
St. Luke's Health System (Idaho)$2,104,597 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Beth Israel Lahey Health$4,734,371 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
WellSpan Health$3,176,598 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Dartmouth Health$2,525,898 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
JAMES SKOGSBERGH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) was paid $30,862,679 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $28,850,544 from Advocate Health and $2,012,135 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Advocate Health ranks 1st of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, JAMES SKOGSBERGH, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $30,862,679. Next was WILLIAM SANTULLI (PRESIDENT), at $7,866,221. On the latest return, 34 people were paid more than $500,000, 29 of them more than $1 million.
Advocate Aurora Health Inc is the system parent and reports the chief executive's pay on its own return. Its hospital companies, including Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation and Aurora Health Care, file separate returns.
Advocate Health paid its CEO, JAMES SKOGSBERGH, $30,862,679 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $13,445,733 (77.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was JAMES SKOGSBERGH, paid $8,225,985. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $8,225,985 (JAMES SKOGSBERGH); December 2023, $17,416,946; December 2024, $30,862,679.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Advocate Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.