Jackson Laboratory CEO salary and executive pay
Jackson Laboratory paid its CEO, Lon Cardon PHD FMEDSCI, $2,746,750 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $638,472 (30.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $652,542,607, up 13.9% from $572,803,655 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Jackson Laboratory ranks 2nd of 11 disease charities and medical research groups on this site by CEO pay. Jackson Laboratory has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 01-0211513, Bar Harbor, ME.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$2,746,750
- Total revenue
- $652,542,607
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 93%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202533179349306423.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 24th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.42% 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, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Lon Cardon PHD FMEDSCI CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,746,750 |
| Mitchell KennedyEXECUTIVE VP & PRESIDENT, JMCRS | $1,385,901 |
| Douglas W AbbottSR VICE PRESIDENT & CFO | $963,417 |
| Mary DickinsonEXECUTIVE VP & CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER | $836,899 |
| Andy GreeneSR VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH | $728,486 |
Also paid on the latest return: Daniel Hoag (GENERAL COUSEL & SECRETARY), $689,023; Emily Schorer (SR VP, CHIEF OF STAFF & CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER), $684,754; Gina Rodriguez (SR VP OF ADVANCEMENT AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS), $661,161; Jens Rueter (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER), $612,962; Nadia A Rosenthal (SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR), $590,177; Charles Lee MD (SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR, JAX GM), $583,302; S CATHERINE Longley (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & COO (UNTIL 03/24)), $568,581; Brian Bannerman (VICE PRESIDENT, JMCRS FINANCE), $536,584; James Keck (SR DIRECTOR, INNOVATION AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT), $523,170; Paul Flicek (CHIEF DATA SCIENCE OFFICER), $517,529; Edison T Liu (Former President & CEO), $461,986.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Timothy D Dattels (BOARD CHAIR), Bertrand Garcia-Moreno PhD (TRUSTEE), Carla E Brodley PhD (VICE CHAIR), Dinakar Singh (TRUSTEE), Eric Horvitz MD PhD (TRUSTEE (START 02/24)), Ernestine Fu (TRUSTEE (START 08/24)), Frank Moss PhD (TRUSTEE), Geoffrey W Smith JD (TRUSTEE), George G Montgomery (TRUSTEE), Janet Rossant PhD (TRUSTEE), Jeffrey M Friedman MD PhD (TRUSTEE), Jenny E Rooke PhD (TRUSTEE), John A Gibbons Jr (TRUSTEE (UNTIL 08/24)), John Lowry (TRUSTEE), Joshua Broder (TRUSTEE), Julie H Daum (TRUSTEE), Mary Kate Wold JD (TRUSTEE), Melissa C Guzy (TRUSTEE), Nancy J Cox PhD (TRUSTEE), Neal B Milch JD (VICE CHAIR), Otis W Brawley MD (TRUSTEE), Robert King PhD (TRUSTEE (START 02/24)), Sandra Waite JD (TRUSTEE), Steven B Fink JD (TRUSTEE), Stewart Hen (TRUSTEE (START 08/24)), and 1 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Lon Cardon PHD FMEDSCI CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,746,750 | $652,542,607 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Lon Cardon PHD FMEDSCI CEO President & CEO | $2,108,278 | $572,803,655 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Lon Cardon PhD FMEDSCI CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,496,461 | $553,515,570 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202533179349306423.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Lon Cardon PHD FMEDSCIPRESIDENT & CEO | $2,515,944 | $230,806 | $1,145,067 | $453,200 | $917,677 | $194,899 | $35,907 | $2,746,750 |
| Mitchell KennedyEXECUTIVE VP & PRESIDENT, JMCRS | $1,260,592 | $125,309 | $920,770 | $337,500 | $2,322 | $123,277 | $2,032 | $1,385,901 |
| Douglas W AbbottSR VICE PRESIDENT & CFO | $843,368 | $120,049 | $460,133 | $126,670 | $256,565 | $84,500 | $35,549 | $963,417 |
| Mary DickinsonEXECUTIVE VP & CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER | $762,057 | $74,842 | $728,628 | $0 | $33,429 | $52,989 | $21,853 | $836,899 |
| Andy GreeneSR VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH | $637,481 | $91,005 | $443,175 | $136,748 | $57,558 | $61,795 | $29,210 | $728,486 |
These figures come from Jackson Laboratory'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 Jackson Laboratory compares
Ranked 2nd of 11 disease charities and medical research groups by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 1st, Stowers Resource Management (Stowers Institute support organization), $3,206,337
- Next in this ranking: 3rd, Scripps Research, $1,859,240
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
New Venture Fund$438,683 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Compass Health Network$2,136,339 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
BakerRipley$512,978 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Corporation for Public Broadcasting$523,612 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
New York Blood Center$2,678,053 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Common questions
Lon Cardon PHD FMEDSCI (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $2,746,750 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $2,515,944 from Jackson Laboratory and $230,806 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Lon Cardon PHD FMEDSCI, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,746,750.
Jackson Laboratory paid its CEO, Lon Cardon PHD FMEDSCI, $2,746,750 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $638,472 (30.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Lon Cardon PhD FMEDSCI, paid $1,496,461. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $1,496,461 (Lon Cardon PhD FMEDSCI); December 2023, $2,108,278; December 2024, $2,746,750.
Jackson Laboratory's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $617,013,316 and total revenue of $652,542,607 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $35,529,291. Expenses were $577,381,862 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 6.9%. The CEO's pay of $2,746,750 equals 0.45% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Jackson Laboratory filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 13, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.