Fairfield University president salary and executive pay
Fairfield University paid its president, MARK R NEMEC PHD, $1,095,361 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $135,441 (14.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Fairfield University ranks 75th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Fairfield University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 06-0646623, Fairfield, CT.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,095,361
- Total revenue
- $558,598,313
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 80%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631339349303418.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 19th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.20% 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, 7 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| MARK R NEMEC PHD President PRESIDENT | $1,095,361 |
| CHRISTINE SIEGELPROVOST & SR VP ACADEMICS | $611,114 |
| PAUL SCHLICKMANNVP OF ATHLETICS | $583,996 |
| ZHAN LIDEAN, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | $547,784 |
| MICHAEL TRAFECANTEVP FOR FINANCE, CFO & TREASURER | $544,439 |
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 | MARK R NEMEC PHD President PRESIDENT | $1,095,361 | $558,598,313 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | MARK R NEMEC PHD President PRESIDENT | $959,920 | $489,308,458 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | MARK R NEMEC PHD President PRESIDENT | $857,953 | $424,528,036 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | MARK R NEMEC President PRESIDENT | $747,690 | $415,893,981 | 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 202631339349303418.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| MARK R NEMEC PHDPRESIDENT | $907,966 | $187,395 | $644,873 | $252,000 | $11,093 | $81,050 | $106,345 | $1,095,361 |
| CHRISTINE SIEGELPROVOST & SR VP ACADEMICS | $526,034 | $85,080 | $426,834 | $97,200 | $2,000 | $31,050 | $54,030 | $611,114 |
| PAUL SCHLICKMANNVP OF ATHLETICS | $497,036 | $86,960 | $335,801 | $78,512 | $82,723 | $29,422 | $57,538 | $583,996 |
| ZHAN LIDEAN, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | $498,364 | $49,420 | $400,766 | $90,000 | $7,598 | $31,050 | $18,370 | $547,784 |
| MICHAEL TRAFECANTEVP FOR FINANCE, CFO & TREASURER | $383,591 | $160,848 | $306,779 | $75,501 | $1,311 | $27,314 | $133,534 | $544,439 |
These figures come from Fairfield 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 Fairfield University compares
Ranked 75th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
National University$1,053,175 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Midwestern University$1,968,182 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Sacred Heart University$1,524,281 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Stevens Institute of Technology$1,296,964 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Belmont University$1,135,264 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
MARK R NEMEC PHD (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,095,361 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $907,966 from Fairfield University and $187,395 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Fairfield University ranks 75th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, MARK R NEMEC PHD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,095,361. Next was CHRISTINE SIEGEL (PROVOST & SR VP ACADEMICS), at $611,114. On the latest return, 7 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
Fairfield University paid its president, MARK R NEMEC PHD, $1,095,361 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $135,441 (14.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was MARK R NEMEC, paid $747,690. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $747,690 (MARK R NEMEC); June 2023, $857,953; June 2024, $959,920; June 2025, $1,095,361.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Fairfield 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.