Case Western Reserve University president salary and executive pay
Case Western Reserve University paid its president, Eric Kaler, $2,148,720 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $253,645 (13.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Case Western Reserve University ranks 26th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Case Western Reserve University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 34-1018992, Cleveland, OH.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,148,720
- Total revenue
- $1,735,353,050
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 50%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601319349303805.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 48th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.12% 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, 12 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Eric Kaler President President, Ex Officio | $2,148,720 |
| Stanton GersonSr. VP; Dean & Professor | $1,645,154 |
| John SiderasExecutive VP for Finance & CFO (End 1/31/25) | $1,058,878 |
| Gary SchwartzProfessor | $1,040,797 |
| Dale BaurProfessor | $970,788 |
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 | Eric Kaler President President, Ex Officio | $2,148,720 | $1,735,353,050 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Eric Kaler President President, Ex Officio | $1,895,075 | $1,607,017,960 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Eric Kaler President President, Ex Officio | $1,503,163 | $1,525,353,038 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Eric Kaler President President, Ex Officio (Beg. 7/1/21) | $1,005,796 | $1,531,453,122 | 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 202601319349303805.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Eric KalerPresident, Ex Officio | $2,096,565 | $52,155 | $1,590,558 | $415,000 | $91,007 | $37,212 | $14,943 | $2,148,720 |
| Stanton GersonSr. VP; Dean & Professor | $1,393,242 | $251,912 | $1,091,062 | $0 | $302,180 | $237,212 | $14,700 | $1,645,154 |
| John SiderasExecutive VP for Finance & CFO (End 1/31/25) | $1,005,794 | $53,084 | $788,303 | $190,000 | $27,491 | $37,212 | $15,872 | $1,058,878 |
| Gary SchwartzProfessor | $988,642 | $52,155 | $988,242 | $0 | $400 | $37,212 | $14,943 | $1,040,797 |
| Dale BaurProfessor | $918,941 | $51,847 | $912,924 | $0 | $6,017 | $37,212 | $14,635 | $970,788 |
These figures come from Case Western Reserve University'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 Case Western Reserve University compares
Ranked 26th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Medical College of Wisconsin$1,947,303 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Delaware$1,523,193 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Temple University$1,120,249 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Western Governors University$2,131,084 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Rice University$2,074,566 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Eric Kaler (President, Ex Officio) was paid $2,148,720 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,096,565 from Case Western Reserve University and $52,155 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Case Western Reserve University ranks 26th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, Eric Kaler, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,148,720. Next was Stanton Gerson (Sr. VP; Dean & Professor), at $1,645,154. On the latest return, 12 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
Case Western Reserve University paid its president, Eric Kaler, $2,148,720 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $253,645 (13.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Eric Kaler, paid $1,005,796. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,005,796 (Eric Kaler); June 2023, $1,503,163; June 2024, $1,895,075; June 2025, $2,148,720.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Case Western Reserve University 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.