Caltech president salary and executive pay
Caltech paid its president, Thomas F Rosenbaum, $1,753,140 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is down $183,687 (9.5%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $3,531,221,000, down 15.2% from $4,165,188,000 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Caltech ranks 51st of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Caltech has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as California Institute of Technology.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 95-1643307, Pasadena, CA.
President, fiscal year ending September 2025
$1,753,140
- Total revenue
- $3,531,221,000
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 13%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202632239349300948.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 114th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.05% 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, 18 people were paid more than $500,000, 5 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Thomas F Rosenbaum President PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE | $1,753,140 |
| Laurie A LeshinVP & DIRECTOR, JPL UNTIL 5/25 | $1,455,893 |
| Scott H RichlandCIO UNTIL 12/24 | $1,370,378 |
| Dexter A BaileyVP ADV & ALUMNI RELATIONS | $1,033,286 |
| Douglas N MacbeanSEE SCHEDULE O FOR TITLE | $1,029,427 |
Also paid on the latest return: Charles E Lane (VP & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), $982,123; David A Tirrell (PROVOST), $976,960; Robert P Kirshner (ASTRONOMY PROF & EXEC DIR, TIO), $893,526; Jennifer T Lum (GENERAL COUNSEL), $878,158; Diana Jergovic (VP STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION), $701,512; Leslie L Livesay (DEPUTY DIR, JPL AS OF 3/24), $676,109; Alistair W Thistlethwaite (MNG DIR, ALT SEC UNTIL 11/24), $646,048; Vazrik Gharakanian (HARDWARE QUAL ASSUR SPEC, JPL), $634,659; Cathy A Light (SECRETARY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES), $626,978; Sharon E Patterson (CFO & TREASURER), $608,084; Frederic Farina (CHIEF INNOV & CORP PARTN), $606,716; Renaud Goullioud (SYSTEMS ENGINEER, JPL), $581,225; David B Gallagher (VP & DIRECTOR, JPL AS OF 6/25), $542,428; Brian J Corcoran (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR TITLE), $442,406; Kevin M Gilmartin (VP STUDENT AFFAIRS), $418,323; and 8 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Sean Bailey (TRUSTEE), Barbara M Barrett (TRUSTEE & VICE CHAIR), Rebecka Belldegrun (SENIOR TRUSTEE), Robert C Bonner (SENIOR TRUSTEE), Lynn A Booth (SENIOR TRUSTEE), Brigitte M Bren (TRUSTEE), Milton M Chang (SENIOR TRUSTEE), Peggy T Cherng (SENIOR TRUSTEE), France A Cordova (SENIOR TRUSTEE), William M Coughran (TRUSTEE AS OF 6/25), William H Davidow (SENIOR TRUSTEE UNTIL 10/24), David T Dreier (TRUSTEE), Joshua S Friedman (TRUSTEE UNTIL 10/24), William T Gross (TRUSTEE), Frederick J Hameetman (SENIOR TRUSTEE), David D Ho (TRUSTEE UNTIL 10/24), Maria D Hummer-Tuttle (SENIOR TRUSTEE), Robert T Jenkins (SENIOR TRUSTEE), G Bradford Jones (TRUSTEE UNTIL 9/25), A George Kadifa (TRUSTEE AS OF 6/25), Peter D Kaufman (TRUSTEE), Massi Joseph Kiani (TRUSTEE UNTIL 10/24), Louise Kirkbride (TRUSTEE UNTIL 10/24), Walter G Kortschak (TRUSTEE), Kent Kresa (SENIOR TRUSTEE UNTIL 10/24), and 29 more.
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Thomas F Rosenbaum President PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE | $1,753,140 | $3,531,221,000 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Thomas F Rosenbaum President PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE | $1,936,827 | $4,165,188,000 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Thomas F Rosenbaum President PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $2,345,561 | $3,933,444,000 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Thomas F Rosenbaum President President/Trustee | $2,283,897 | $3,616,401,000 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202632239349300948.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Thomas F RosenbaumPRESIDENT & TRUSTEE | $1,619,216 | $133,924 | $1,618,822 | $0 | $394 | $52,490 | $81,434 | $1,753,140 |
| Laurie A LeshinVP & DIRECTOR, JPL UNTIL 5/25 | $1,399,426 | $56,467 | $903,668 | $441,750 | $54,008 | $26,070 | $30,397 | $1,455,893 |
| Scott H RichlandCIO UNTIL 12/24 | $1,279,027 | $91,351 | $645,568 | $580,958 | $52,501 | $60,478 | $30,873 | $1,370,378 |
| Dexter A BaileyVP ADV & ALUMNI RELATIONS | $914,282 | $119,004 | $819,137 | $0 | $95,145 | $47,890 | $71,114 | $1,033,286 |
| Douglas N MacbeanSEE SCHEDULE O FOR TITLE | $780,201 | $249,226 | $468,616 | $288,585 | $23,000 | $219,065 | $30,161 | $1,029,427 |
These figures come from Caltech'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 Caltech compares
Ranked 51st of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 50th, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, $1,790,552
- Next in this ranking: 52nd, Boston University, $1,704,300
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Boston University$1,704,300 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Pittsburgh$1,241,200 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Notre Dame$1,017,760 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Northwestern University$2,085,890 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$5,489,914 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Thomas F Rosenbaum (PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE) was paid $1,753,140 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,619,216 from Caltech and $133,924 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Thomas F Rosenbaum, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,753,140.
Caltech paid its president, Thomas F Rosenbaum, $1,753,140 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is down $183,687 (9.5%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the president was Thomas F Rosenbaum, paid $2,283,897. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $2,283,897 (Thomas F Rosenbaum); September 2023, $2,345,561; September 2024, $1,936,827; September 2025, $1,753,140.
Caltech's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $3,435,491,000 and total revenue of $3,531,221,000 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $95,730,000. Expenses were $3,686,750,000 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they fell 6.8%. The president's pay of $1,753,140 equals 0.05% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Caltech filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 11, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.