Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University president salary and executive pay
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University paid its president, PATRICK BARRY BUTLER, $1,048,438 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $64,173 (6.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ranks 79th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 59-0936101, Daytona Beach, FL.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,048,438
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: JOHN WATRET (CHANCELLOR, WORLDWIDE CAMPUS), $586,000; KENNETH WITCHER (CHANCELLOR, PRESCOTT CAMPUS), $391,679; MARIE ANETTE KARLSSON TERM 7312024 (CHANCELLOR, PRESCOTT CAMPUS), $281,105.
- Total revenue
- $864,220,449
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 45%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621339349304742.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 52nd 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, 5 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| PATRICK BARRY BUTLER President PRESIDENT | $1,048,438 |
| RANDALL B HOWARDSVP & CFO | $713,980 |
| JOHN WATRETCHANCELLOR, WORLDWIDE CAMPUS | $586,000 |
| STEVEN RIDDERHEAD BASKETBALL COACH DB | $581,379 |
| RODNEY CRUISESVP & COO | $544,187 |
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 | PATRICK BARRY BUTLER President PRESIDENT | $1,048,438 | $864,220,449 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | PATRICK BARRY BUTLER President PRESIDENT | $984,265 | $810,190,212 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | PATRICK BARRY BUTLER President PRESIDENT | $937,148 | $702,956,238 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | P BARRY BUTLER President PRESIDENT | $866,220 | $704,944,658 | 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 202621339349304742.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| PATRICK BARRY BUTLERPRESIDENT | $1,000,497 | $47,941 | $722,602 | $150,730 | $127,165 | $34,500 | $13,441 | $1,048,438 |
| RANDALL B HOWARDSVP & CFO | $665,973 | $48,007 | $561,039 | $100,730 | $4,204 | $34,500 | $13,507 | $713,980 |
| JOHN WATRETCHANCELLOR, WORLDWIDE CAMPUS | $539,770 | $46,230 | $458,710 | $75,730 | $5,330 | $34,500 | $11,730 | $586,000 |
| STEVEN RIDDERHEAD BASKETBALL COACH DB | $535,104 | $46,275 | $525,392 | $730 | $8,982 | $34,500 | $11,775 | $581,379 |
| RODNEY CRUISESVP & COO | $491,359 | $52,828 | $408,712 | $80,730 | $1,917 | $34,500 | $18,328 | $544,187 |
These figures come from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical 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 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University compares
Ranked 79th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
University of Denver$1,209,539 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Wake Forest University$1,883,267 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Lehigh University$1,145,854 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Marquette University$869,890 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
American University$569,942 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
PATRICK BARRY BUTLER (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,048,438 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,000,497 from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and $47,941 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ranks 79th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, PATRICK BARRY BUTLER, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,048,438. Next was RANDALL B HOWARD (SVP & CFO), at $713,980. On the latest return, 5 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University paid its president, PATRICK BARRY BUTLER, $1,048,438 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $64,173 (6.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was P BARRY BUTLER, paid $866,220. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $866,220 (P BARRY BUTLER); June 2023, $937,148 (PATRICK BARRY BUTLER); June 2024, $984,265; June 2025, $1,048,438.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Embry-Riddle Aeronautical 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.