Amherst College president salary and executive pay
Amherst College paid its president, MICHAEL ELLIOTT, $846,242 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $21,023 (2.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Amherst College ranks 87th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Amherst College has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-2103542, Amherst, MA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$846,242
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,711,834LETITIA JOHNSONCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
- Total revenue
- $775,712,238
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 40%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631329349302793.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 57th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.11% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 8 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| LETITIA JOHNSONCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,711,834 |
| MICHAEL WITMOREDIR-FOLGER SHARESPEARE LIB END 6/24 | $918,189 |
| MICHAEL ELLIOTT President PRESIDENT | $846,242 |
| LISA RUTHERFORDCHIEF POLICY OFFICER & GEN COUNSEL | $558,847 |
| MICHAEL THOMASCHIEF FIN & ADMIN OFFICER | $555,508 |
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | MICHAEL ELLIOTT President PRESIDENT | $846,242 | $775,712,238 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | MICHAEL ELLIOTT President PRESIDENT | $867,265 | $433,011,031 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | CAROLYN MARTIN President PRESIDENT (THRU 7/22) | $806,140 | $379,275,079 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | CAROLYN MARTIN President PRESIDENT | $868,125 | $604,902,946 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631329349302793.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| LETITIA JOHNSONCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,680,803 | $31,031 | $600,000 | $1,080,000 | $803 | $28,145 | $2,886 | $1,711,834 |
| MICHAEL WITMOREDIR-FOLGER SHARESPEARE LIB END 6/24 | $900,650 | $17,539 | $311,427 | $200,000 | $389,223 | $0 | $17,539 | $918,189 |
| MICHAEL ELLIOTTPRESIDENT | $697,632 | $148,610 | $692,098 | $0 | $5,534 | $82,633 | $65,977 | $846,242 |
| LISA RUTHERFORDCHIEF POLICY OFFICER & GEN COUNSEL | $445,037 | $113,810 | $442,199 | $0 | $2,838 | $68,875 | $44,935 | $558,847 |
| MICHAEL THOMASCHIEF FIN & ADMIN OFFICER | $504,177 | $51,331 | $502,659 | $0 | $1,518 | $38,931 | $12,400 | $555,508 |
These figures come from Amherst College'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 Amherst College compares
Ranked 87th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Loyola Marymount University$1,237,126 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Chapman University$1,897,658 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Pepperdine University$1,323,005 (President), fiscal year ending Jul 2025
University of San Diego$1,682,191 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$1,306,266 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
MICHAEL ELLIOTT (PRESIDENT) was paid $846,242 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $697,632 from Amherst College and $148,610 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Amherst College ranks 87th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The highest-paid person on the latest return was LETITIA JOHNSON (CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), at $1,711,834. That is $865,592 more than the president, MICHAEL ELLIOTT. Next was MICHAEL WITMORE (DIR-FOLGER SHARESPEARE LIB END 6/24), at $918,189. On the latest return, 8 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
Amherst College paid its president, MICHAEL ELLIOTT, $846,242 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $21,023 (2.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was CAROLYN MARTIN, paid $868,125. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $868,125 (CAROLYN MARTIN); June 2023, $806,140; June 2024, $867,265 (MICHAEL ELLIOTT); June 2025, $846,242.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Amherst College filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.