Harvard University president salary and executive pay
Harvard paid its president, Alan M Garber, $1,642,838 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $477,802 (41.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $8,323,235,933, up 8.7% from $7,654,478,632 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Harvard ranks 56th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Harvard has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as Harvard or President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-2103580, Cambridge, MA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,642,838
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,991,045Robin J ElyFACULTY
- Total revenue
- $8,323,235,933
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 3%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601349349306880.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 128th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.02% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Harvard files as President and Fellows of Harvard College. Its Part VII gives the officers' titles as "SEE SCHEDULE O", so the president's title shown here comes from Schedule O: "ALAN GARBER WAS INTERIM PRESIDENT FROM JANUARY 2, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 1, 2024 AND THEN OFFICIALLY BECAME PRESIDENT." Many faculty and investment staff are paid more than the president.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 24 people were paid more than $500,000, 9 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Robin J ElyFACULTY | $1,991,045 |
| Nancy F KoehnFACULTY | $1,989,830 |
| Kathleen L McGinnFACULTY | $1,936,549 |
| Alan M Garber President President (Schedule O) | $1,642,838 |
| Claudine GaySEE SCHEDULE O | $1,548,551 |
Also paid on the latest return: David J Malan (FACULTY), $1,285,311; Srikant M Datar (DEAN, FACULTY OF BUSINESS), $1,114,027; John Manning (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,061,979; George Q Daley (DEAN, FACULTY OF MEDICINE), $1,053,858; Brian Lee (V.P. FOR ALUMNI AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT UNTIL 04/16/25), $996,123; Hopi Hoekstra (DEAN, FACULTY OF ARTS & SCIENCES), $962,561; Meredith Weenick (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT), $882,830; Lawrence S Bacow (SEE SCHEDULE O), $766,508; Ritu Kalra (V.P. FOR FINANCE AND C.F.O.), $721,071; Margaret Newell (V.P. AND DEPUTY TO THE PRESIDENT), $693,440; Paul Andrew (V.P. FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS), $690,890; Marc L Goodheart (SEE SCHEDULE O), $660,848; Nitin Nohria (SEE SCHEDULE O), $652,452; Klara Jelinkova (V.P. AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $622,435; Manuel Cuevas-Trisan (V.P. FOR HUMAN RESOURCES), $616,531; and 5 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Timothy R Barakett (FELLOW/TREASURER), Biddy Martin (FELLOW), Diana L Nelson (FELLOW), Joseph Y Bae (FELLOW AS OF 07/01/24), Kenneth Frazier (FELLOW), Kenneth I Chenault (FELLOW), Mariano-Florentino Cuellar (FELLOW), Penny S Pritzker (SENIOR FELLOW), Shirley M Tilghman (FELLOW), Theodore V Wells Jr (FELLOW), Tracy Palandjian (FELLOW), James Husson (V.P. FOR ALUMNI AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT AS OF 04/01/25), Suzanne Glassburn (V.P. AND SECRETARY OF THE UNIVERSITY AS OF 06/01/25).
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 | Alan M Garber President President (Schedule O) | $1,642,838 | $8,323,235,933 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Alan M Garber President Interim President from January 2, 2024; Provost before (Schedule O) | $1,165,036 | $7,654,478,632 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | LAWRENCE S BACOW President PRESIDENT | $1,757,109 | $6,051,934,438 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | LAWRENCE S BACOW President FELLOW/PRESIDENT | $1,330,200 | $9,623,728,188 | 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 202601349349306880.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Robin J ElyFACULTY | $1,904,006 | $31,500 | $55,539 | $446,550 | $20,000 | $1,437,456 | $43,320 | $12,219 | $1,959,545 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $31,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $31,500 | |||
| Nancy F KoehnFACULTY | $1,928,263 | $4,500 | $57,067 | $431,904 | $0 | $1,496,359 | $43,320 | $13,747 | $1,985,330 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $4,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4,500 | |||
| Kathleen L McGinnFACULTY | $1,884,004 | $0 | $52,545 | $285,024 | $0 | $1,598,980 | $38,473 | $14,072 | $1,936,549 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Alan M GarberPresident (Schedule O) | $1,391,448 | $0 | $251,390 | $1,385,981 | $0 | $5,467 | $43,320 | $208,070 | $1,642,838 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Claudine GaySEE SCHEDULE O | $1,397,749 | $0 | $150,802 | $1,385,191 | $0 | $12,558 | $43,320 | $107,482 | $1,548,551 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Harvard'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 Harvard compares
Ranked 56th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 55th, Maryville University, $1,656,133
- Next in this ranking: 57th, Pomona College, $1,638,758
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Emory University$3,024,831 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Cornell University$1,405,700 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Johns Hopkins University$5,871,487 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Pennsylvania$8,043,343 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
New York University$2,954,989 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Common questions
Alan M Garber (President (Schedule O)) was paid $1,642,838 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,391,448 from Harvard and $251,390 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Robin J Ely (FACULTY), at $1,991,045. That is $348,207 more than the president, Alan M Garber.
Harvard paid its president, Alan M Garber, $1,642,838 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $477,802 (41.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was LAWRENCE S BACOW, paid $1,330,200. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,330,200 (LAWRENCE S BACOW); June 2023, $1,757,109; June 2024, $1,165,036 (Alan M Garber); June 2025, $1,642,838.
Harvard's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $7,243,390,385 and total revenue of $8,323,235,933 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $1,079,845,548. Expenses were $6,837,224,617 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 5.9%. The president's pay of $1,642,838 equals 0.02% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Harvard University 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.