Children's Hospital Colorado CEO salary and executive pay
Children's Hospital Colorado paid its CEO, Jena Hausmann, $4,286,194 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $1,290,175 (43.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $2,014,273,578, up 6.9% from $1,884,261,865 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Children's Hospital Colorado ranks 78th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Children's Hospital Colorado has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 84-0166760, Aurora, CO.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$4,286,194
- Total revenue
- $2,014,273,578
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 71%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543219349315484.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 53rd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.21% 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, 14 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Jena Hausmann CEO Chief Executive Officer | $4,286,194 |
| Jeffrey HarringtonSVP and CFO, Corporate Treasurer | $1,379,706 |
| Raphe SchwartzSVP and Chief Strategy Officer | $993,830 |
| Michelle LuceroChief Legal Officer, Secretary | $975,151 |
| Jerrod MiltonSVP Chief Clinical Officer (THRU 07/24) | $904,715 |
Also paid on the latest return: Amy Feaster (SVP Chief Digital info Officer), $899,420; Gregory Raymond (SVP Colorado Springs President), $832,742; Suzanne Jaeger (SVP Experience and Access), $810,960; Patricia Givens (SVP Chief Nursing Executive (THRU 08/24)), $643,060; Kathleen Seerup (SVP Chief Nursing Ops Officer), $576,021; Jenae Neiman (VP Research Operations), $537,222; Jennifer Roth (SVP Chief Nursing Executive (AS OF 08/24)), $529,248; Megan Zatz (VP Deputy General Counsel), $521,466; Linda Michael (VP Compliance Business Ethics), $500,256; Christopher Martin (VP Ambulatory Services), $499,275; Duane McFadden (SVP Chief HR Officer (AS OF 07/24)), $411,344; Elizabeth Rodriguez (SVP Chief HR Officer (THRU 08/24)), $410,968.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Annita Menogan (Board Director), Anthony Spikes (Board Director), Barth Whitham (Board Director), Betsy Searle (Board Director), Brian Smith (Board Director), Bruce Wagner (Board Director), Chris Nyquist MD (Board Director), David Honeyfield (Board Director/Chair), David Hoover (Board Director), Donald Elliman (Board Director), Jim Johnson (Board Director), John Jack Wold (Board Director/Chair (THRU 04/24)), John Reilly MD (Board Director), John Sampson MD (Board Director (AS OF 05/24)), Laura Barton (Board Director), Lee Engelbreth MD (Board Director (AS OF 05/24)), Leroy Williams (Board Director), Mary Beth Loesch (Board Director), Megan Fearnow (Board Director), Mike Asher (Board Director), Phyllis Wise PhD (Board Director), Rick Stoddard (Board Director), Rob Joyce (Board Director), Scott Morrison (Board Director), Shen Nagel MD (Board Director), and 6 more.
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 | Jena Hausmann CEO Chief Executive Officer | $4,286,194 | $2,014,273,578 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Jena Hausmann CEO President and CEO | $2,996,019 | $1,884,261,865 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Jena Hausmann CEO President and CEO | $2,537,734 | $1,821,914,388 | 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 202543219349315484.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Jena HausmannChief Executive Officer | $3,848,363 | $437,831 | $1,461,308 | $367,250 | $2,019,805 | $406,512 | $31,319 | $4,286,194 |
| Jeffrey HarringtonSVP and CFO, Corporate Treasurer | $1,157,436 | $222,270 | $798,174 | $224,249 | $135,013 | $204,340 | $17,930 | $1,379,706 |
| Raphe SchwartzSVP and Chief Strategy Officer | $806,446 | $187,384 | $543,655 | $165,316 | $97,475 | $159,505 | $27,879 | $993,830 |
| Michelle LuceroChief Legal Officer, Secretary | $789,307 | $185,844 | $535,599 | $143,456 | $110,252 | $165,703 | $20,141 | $975,151 |
| Jerrod MiltonSVP Chief Clinical Officer (THRU 07/24) | $827,156 | $77,559 | $355,785 | $92,695 | $378,676 | $64,522 | $13,037 | $904,715 |
These figures come from Children's Hospital Colorado'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 Children's Hospital Colorado compares
Ranked 78th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 77th, Children's Health (Dallas), $4,345,262
- Next in this ranking: 79th, Lexington Medical Center, $4,261,823
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
John Muir Health$3,802,506 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Hawai'i Pacific Health$1,393,821 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Corewell Health$6,952,800 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Kaleida Health$3,764,180 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
UNC Rex Healthcare$495,574 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Jena Hausmann (Chief Executive Officer) was paid $4,286,194 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $3,848,363 from Children's Hospital Colorado and $437,831 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Jena Hausmann, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $4,286,194.
Children's Hospital Colorado paid its CEO, Jena Hausmann, $4,286,194 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $1,290,175 (43.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Jena Hausmann, paid $2,537,734. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $2,537,734 (Jena Hausmann); December 2023, $2,996,019; December 2024, $4,286,194.
Children's Hospital Colorado's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $1,968,035,328 and total revenue of $2,014,273,578 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $46,238,250. Expenses were $1,895,925,509 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 3.8%. The CEO's pay of $4,286,194 equals 0.22% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Children's Hospital Colorado filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 17, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.