Baylor College of Medicine president salary and executive pay
Baylor College of Medicine paid its president, PAUL E KLOTMAN MD, $4,716,352 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $264,016 (5.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Baylor College of Medicine ranks 9th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Baylor College of Medicine has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 74-1613878, Houston, TX.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$4,716,352
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: BERT O'MALLEY MD (CHANCELLOR (passed away 11-11-25)), $516,298.
- Total revenue
- $2,979,794,649
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 64%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621319349301417.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 34th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.16% 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, 21 people were paid more than $500,000, 10 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| PAUL E KLOTMAN MD President PRESIDENT/CEO, EXECUTIVE DEAN | $4,716,352 |
| CHRISTOPHER LAVERGNE MDASSISTANT PROF | $2,122,783 |
| Jeffrey Heinle MDPROF/CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY | $2,108,462 |
| KENNETH LIAO MD PHDProfessor and Chief | $1,949,689 |
| JOHN A GOSS MDPROF/CHIEF, ABDOMINAL TRANS. | $1,912,425 |
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 | PAUL E KLOTMAN MD President PRESIDENT/CEO, EXECUTIVE DEAN | $4,716,352 | $2,979,794,649 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | PAUL E KLOTMAN MD President PRESIDENT/CEO, EXECUTIVE DEAN | $4,452,336 | $2,756,402,389 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | PAUL E KLOTMAN MD President PRESIDENT/CEO, EXECUTIVE DEAN | $2,913,622 | $2,554,771,609 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | PAUL E KLOTMAN MD President PRESIDENT/CEO, EXECUTIVE DEAN | $2,903,881 | $2,510,669,242 | 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 202621319349301417.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| PAUL E KLOTMAN MDPRESIDENT/CEO, EXECUTIVE DEAN | $4,028,822 | $687,530 | $1,800,000 | $1,706,630 | $522,192 | $670,153 | $17,377 | $4,716,352 |
| CHRISTOPHER LAVERGNE MDASSISTANT PROF | $2,077,204 | $45,579 | $675,000 | $1,399,882 | $2,322 | $28,487 | $17,092 | $2,122,783 |
| Jeffrey Heinle MDPROF/CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY | $2,061,564 | $46,898 | $2,057,500 | $500 | $3,564 | $28,487 | $18,411 | $2,108,462 |
| KENNETH LIAO MD PHDProfessor and Chief | $1,903,391 | $46,298 | $1,849,232 | $50,595 | $3,564 | $28,487 | $17,811 | $1,949,689 |
| JOHN A GOSS MDPROF/CHIEF, ABDOMINAL TRANS. | $1,866,127 | $46,298 | $1,582,771 | $279,792 | $3,564 | $28,487 | $17,811 | $1,912,425 |
These figures come from Baylor College of Medicine'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 Baylor College of Medicine compares
Ranked 9th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Vanderbilt University$3,416,810 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Northeastern University$3,045,428 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Princeton University$1,657,737 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Notre Dame$1,017,760 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Boston University$1,704,300 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
PAUL E KLOTMAN MD (PRESIDENT/CEO, EXECUTIVE DEAN) was paid $4,716,352 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $4,028,822 from Baylor College of Medicine and $687,530 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Baylor College of Medicine ranks 9th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, PAUL E KLOTMAN MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $4,716,352. Next was CHRISTOPHER LAVERGNE MD (ASSISTANT PROF), at $2,122,783. On the latest return, 21 people were paid more than $500,000, 10 of them more than $1 million.
Baylor College of Medicine paid its president, PAUL E KLOTMAN MD, $4,716,352 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $264,016 (5.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was PAUL E KLOTMAN MD, paid $2,903,881. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,903,881 (PAUL E KLOTMAN MD); June 2023, $2,913,622; June 2024, $4,452,336; June 2025, $4,716,352.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Baylor College of Medicine 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.