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. Cincinnati Children's ranks 103rd of 148 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 25%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611349349309551.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 90th of 121 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 |
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 103rd of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
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
City of Hope$7,115,860 (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). Cincinnati Children's ranks 103rd of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
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. Next was DANIEL VON ALLMEN MD (SURGEON-IN-CHIEF (THROUGH 6/25)), at $1,945,395. On the latest return, 19 people were paid more than $500,000, 12 of them more than $1 million.
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.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Cincinnati Children's 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.