Cincinnati Children's CEO salary and executive pay
Cincinnati Children's paid its CEO, Steve Davis MD, $2,814,850 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $238,106 (9.2%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $3,568,680,376, up 4.1% from $3,426,543,123 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Cincinnati Children's ranks 124th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Cincinnati Children's has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 31-0833936, Cincinnati, OH.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,814,850
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$3,370,355David Morales MDDIV. DIR, CARDIOLOGY
- Total revenue
- $3,568,680,376
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 19%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611349349309551.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 149th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.08% 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, 19 people were paid more than $500,000, 12 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| David Morales MDDIV. DIR, CARDIOLOGY | $3,370,355 |
| Steve Davis MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,814,850 |
| Daniel Von Allmen MDSURGEON-IN-CHIEF (THROUGH 6/25) | $1,945,395 |
| Carl BackerFACULTY PROFESSOR | $1,718,212 |
| Marco Ricci MDFACULTY PROFESSOR | $1,506,288 |
Also paid on the latest return: Paul Jenny (CFO & TREASURER), $1,470,070; Evaline Alessandrini (COO), $1,445,167; Tina Cheng (CHAIR, PEDIATRICS), $1,343,265; Brian Coley (RADIOLOGIST-IN-CHIEF), $1,234,818; Andrew Redington MD (FMR. INSTITUTE DIRECTOR), $1,230,795; Robert Carpenter (SECRETARY, SVP & CLO), $1,052,419; Rosland McLeod (FORMER OFFICER), $1,009,577; Peter Adebi (SVP & CHRO), $996,188; Tony Johnston (SVP & CIA), $821,380; Barbara Tofani (SVP-PATIENT SERVICES), $793,838; Stephanie Ebken (SVP & CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER), $722,557; Oliver Rhine (SVP & CSO), $662,901; John McAuliffe MD (FMR. KEY EMPLOYEE), $573,209; Karen Foos (INTERIM SVP, CHRO), $506,347.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Liza Smitherman (TRUSTEE, CHAIR), Mark Biegger (TRUSTEE / VICE CHAIR), Michael Hirschfeld Esq (TRUSTEE / VICE CHAIR (THROUGH 10/24)), Stacey Browning (TRUSTEE / VICE CHAIR), Andrew Quinn (TRUSTEE), Beth Guttman (TRUSTEE (THROUGH 10/24)), Chiquita White (TRUSTEE), Christine Browner (TRUSTEE), Dan Ostilie (SURGEON-IN-CHIEF (EFF. 6/25)), Darin Hall (TRUSTEE), David Cassady (TRUSTEE), David Osborn (TRUSTEE), Gary Huffman (TRUSTEE), Hillary Weidner (TRUSTEE), Holly Collinsworth (TRUSTEE), Jim Vance (TRUSTEE), Joel Stone (TRUSTEE), Kate White (TRUSTEE), Kay Geiger (TRUSTEE), Laura Tomlin (TRUSTEE), Pamela Brailsford (TRUSTEE), Rebecca Wood (TRUSTEE / VICE CHAIR (EFF. 10/24)), Robert Taylor (TRUSTEE), Stuart Aitken (TRUSTEE), Susan Shelton (TRUSTEE), and 3 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Steve Davis MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,814,850 | $3,568,680,376 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Steve Davis MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,576,744 | $3,426,543,123 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Steve Davis MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,372,092 | $3,123,028,251 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Michael Fisher CEO PRESIDENT & CEO (THRU 11/21) | $2,199,382 | $2,941,412,552 | 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 202611349349309551.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| David Morales MDDIV. DIR, CARDIOLOGY | $2,968,640 | $401,715 | $2,283,608 | $656,270 | $28,762 | $366,128 | $35,587 | $3,370,355 |
| Steve Davis MDPRESIDENT & CEO | $2,737,353 | $77,497 | $1,470,373 | $1,005,380 | $261,600 | $34,500 | $42,997 | $2,814,850 |
| Daniel Von Allmen MDSURGEON-IN-CHIEF (THROUGH 6/25) | $1,878,397 | $66,998 | $1,193,823 | $436,588 | $247,986 | $34,500 | $32,498 | $1,945,395 |
| Carl BackerFACULTY PROFESSOR | $1,644,536 | $73,676 | $1,638,521 | $0 | $6,015 | $34,500 | $39,176 | $1,718,212 |
| Marco Ricci MDFACULTY PROFESSOR | $1,452,298 | $53,990 | $1,378,703 | $50,000 | $23,595 | $34,500 | $19,490 | $1,506,288 |
These figures come from Cincinnati Children'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 Cincinnati Children's compares
Ranked 124th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 123rd, Seattle Children's, $2,856,316
- Next in this ranking: 125th, Inspira Medical Centers, $2,805,966
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
UChicago Medicine$3,295,016 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Boston Children's Hospital$3,490,323 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Lee Health$709,634 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
HonorHealth$4,422,352 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Tampa General Hospital$2,944,103 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Steve Davis MD (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $2,814,850 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,737,353 from Cincinnati Children's and $77,497 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was David Morales MD (DIV. DIR, CARDIOLOGY), at $3,370,355. That is $555,505 more than the CEO, Steve Davis MD.
Cincinnati Children's paid its CEO, Steve Davis MD, $2,814,850 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $238,106 (9.2%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Michael Fisher, paid $2,199,382. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,199,382 (Michael Fisher); June 2023, $2,372,092 (Steve Davis MD); June 2024, $2,576,744; June 2025, $2,814,850.
Cincinnati Children's' return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $3,363,161,573 and total revenue of $3,568,680,376 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $205,518,803. Expenses were $3,205,428,772 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 4.9%. The CEO's pay of $2,814,850 equals 0.08% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Cincinnati Children's filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.