Johns Hopkins University president salary and executive pay
Johns Hopkins paid its president, DANIELS RONALD, $5,871,487 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the president was DANIELS RONALD J, paid $3,792,289. Johns Hopkins ranks 6th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Johns Hopkins has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as Johns Hopkins or JHU.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 52-0595110, Baltimore, MD.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$5,871,487
- Total revenue
- $10,623,431,000
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 20%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611359349312681.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 76th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.06% 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, 29 people were paid more than $500,000, 17 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| DANIELS RONALD President PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE | $5,871,487 |
| PERLIONI JASONFORMER VP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $4,931,150 |
| DEWEESE THEODOREDEAN OF MEDICAL FACULTY & CEO, JHM | $4,385,748 |
| SEMMEL RALPHDIRECTOR-APL | $4,083,813 |
| BREM HENRYPROFESSOR (SEE SCHED. O) | $1,898,263 |
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 | DANIELS RONALD President PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE | $5,871,487 | $10,623,431,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | DANIELS RONALD J President PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE | $3,792,289 | $10,496,742,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | DANIELS RONALD J President PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE | $3,651,658 | $10,225,986,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | DANIELS RONALD J President PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE | $3,684,886 | $8,434,336,000 | 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 202611359349312681.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| DANIELS RONALDPRESIDENT, TRUSTEE | $4,800,143 | $1,071,344 | $1,630,672 | $300,000 | $2,869,471 | $1,006,475 | $64,869 | $5,871,487 |
| PERLIONI JASONFORMER VP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $4,877,784 | $53,366 | $371,885 | $0 | $4,505,899 | $45,000 | $8,366 | $4,931,150 |
| DEWEESE THEODOREDEAN OF MEDICAL FACULTY & CEO, JHM | $3,533,589 | $852,159 | $1,995,362 | $1,000,000 | $538,227 | $840,000 | $12,159 | $4,385,748 |
| SEMMEL RALPHDIRECTOR-APL | $2,571,901 | $1,511,912 | $1,345,899 | $254,830 | $971,172 | $1,491,967 | $19,945 | $4,083,813 |
| BREM HENRYPROFESSOR (SEE SCHED. O) | $1,698,631 | $199,632 | $1,414,977 | $283,120 | $534 | $171,562 | $28,070 | $1,898,263 |
These figures come from Johns Hopkins' 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 Johns Hopkins compares
Ranked 6th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Stanford University$1,564,885 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 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
Yale University$890,194 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Harvard University$1,642,838 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
DANIELS RONALD (PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE) was paid $5,871,487 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $4,800,143 from Johns Hopkins and $1,071,344 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Johns Hopkins ranks 6th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, DANIELS RONALD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $5,871,487. Next was PERLIONI JASON (FORMER VP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), at $4,931,150. On the latest return, 29 people were paid more than $500,000, 17 of them more than $1 million.
Johns Hopkins paid its president, DANIELS RONALD, $5,871,487 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the president was DANIELS RONALD J, paid $3,792,289. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was DANIELS RONALD J, paid $3,684,886. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $3,684,886 (DANIELS RONALD J); June 2023, $3,651,658; June 2024, $3,792,289; June 2025, $5,871,487 (DANIELS RONALD).
From the 4 Form 990 returns Johns Hopkins 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.