ECU Health CEO salary and executive pay
ECU Health paid its CEO, MICHAEL WALDRUM MD, $2,152,599 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $406,698 (23.3%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. ECU Health ranks 126th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. ECU Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 56-2141073, Greenville, NC.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,152,599
- Revenue on this return
- $457,914,887
- This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Pitt County Memorial Hospital (EIN 56-0585243), $2,223,240,973 on its latest return.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622229349301532.View the filing
Revenue is Part I, line 12. Pay as a share of revenue and the peer comparison are not shown for a parent filer.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 20 people were paid more than $500,000, 3 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| MICHAEL WALDRUM MD CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $2,152,599 |
| WILLIAM FLOYDCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $1,359,755 |
| ANDY ZUKOWSKICHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $1,092,370 |
| NITI ARMISTEAD MDCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER & CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER | $963,517 |
| JAY BRILEYPRESIDENT, ECU HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER | $898,969 |
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | MICHAEL WALDRUM MD CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $2,152,599 | $457,914,887 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | MICHAEL WALDRUM MD CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $1,745,901 | $401,268,193 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Michael Waldrum CEO Chief Executive Officer | $1,778,216 | $307,032,884 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Michael Waldrum CEO Chief Executive Officer | $1,664,789 | $291,812,105 | 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 202622229349301532.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| MICHAEL WALDRUM MDCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $1,759,349 | $0 | $393,250 | $1,011,508 | $729,088 | $18,753 | $341,625 | $51,625 | $2,152,599 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| WILLIAM FLOYDCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $1,063,343 | $0 | $296,412 | $834,288 | $229,055 | $0 | $230,679 | $48,238 | $1,342,260 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $14,859 | $2,636 | $17,495 | |||
| ANDY ZUKOWSKICHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $902,109 | $0 | $190,261 | $704,511 | $197,598 | $0 | $142,069 | $48,192 | $1,092,370 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| NITI ARMISTEAD MDCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER & CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER | $771,115 | $0 | $192,402 | $600,387 | $170,728 | $0 | $142,545 | $49,857 | $963,517 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| JAY BRILEY*PRESIDENT, ECU HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER | $0 | $696,480 | $202,489 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9,213 | $2,667 | $11,880 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $539,950 | $156,530 | $0 | $147,012 | $43,597 | $887,089 | |||
These figures come from ECU Health'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 ECU Health compares
Ranked 126th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Penn State Health$3,235,216 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
St. Luke's Health System (Idaho)$2,104,597 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Beth Israel Lahey Health$4,734,371 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
WellSpan Health$3,176,598 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Dartmouth Health$2,525,898 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
MICHAEL WALDRUM MD (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) was paid $2,152,599 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,759,349 from ECU Health and $393,250 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). ECU Health ranks 126th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, MICHAEL WALDRUM MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,152,599. Next was WILLIAM FLOYD (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), at $1,359,755. On the latest return, 20 people were paid more than $500,000, 3 of them more than $1 million.
ECU Health paid its CEO, MICHAEL WALDRUM MD, $2,152,599 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $406,698 (23.3%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Michael Waldrum, paid $1,664,789. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,664,789 (Michael Waldrum); September 2023, $1,778,216; September 2024, $1,745,901; September 2025, $2,152,599.
From the 4 Form 990 returns ECU Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.