Johns Hopkins University president salary and executive pay
Johns Hopkins paid its president, Ronald Daniels, $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. Total revenue on that return was $10,623,431,000, up 1.2% from $10,496,742,000 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Johns Hopkins ranks 5th of 137 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 16%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611359349312681.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 111th of 132 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 |
|---|---|
| Ronald Daniels 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 |
Also paid on the latest return: Xu Risheng (PROFESSOR (SEE SCHED. O)), $1,739,248; Heller Laurent (EXECUTIVE VP-FINANCE & ADMIN.), $1,665,980; Mettler Bret (PROFESSOR (SEE SCHED. O)), $1,636,113; Hassanzadeh Hamid (PROFESSOR (SEE SCHED. O)), $1,602,182; Schroeder Frederic (SR. VP-DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS), $1,568,555; Weingart Jon (PROFESSOR (SEE SCHED. O)), $1,560,817; Pineau Paul (SR. VP AND GENERAL COUNSEL), $1,408,685; Ates Katherine (EXECUTIVE VP & CHIEF OF STAFF), $1,301,009; Mendola Richard (VP & CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $1,280,005; Jayawardhana Ray (PROVOST), $1,273,362; Hollister Robert (SR. VP-REAL ESTATE, CAPITAL STRATEGY), $1,229,227; Tildon Maria Harris (VP-GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY, & ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPS), $1,119,997; Bard Jr Branville (VP FOR PUBLIC SAFETY), $995,230; Bonanno Mitch (VP & CHIEF REAL ESTATE OFFICER), $862,942; Bjorklund Cybele (VP-FEDERAL STRATEGY), $851,020; and 16 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Wilson Alicia (VP-CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & OPPORTUNITY, TRUSTEE), Anderson Anthony (VICE CHAIR, TRUSTEE), Anderson James (TRUSTEE), Aronson Jeffrey (TRUSTEE, FORMER CHAIR), Barber Jeffrey (TRUSTEE), Chen Chaomei (TRUSTEE), Chenault-Fattah Renee (TRUSTEE), Clough Phillip (TRUSTEE), Cordish Blake (TRUSTEE), Daimler Susan (TRUSTEE), Dickson Mary Ann (TRUSTEE), Flaherty Pamela (TRUSTEE, FORMER CHAIR), Forster Louis (CHAIR, TRUSTEE), Goel Rajeev (TRUSTEE), Jaffin Allison (TRUSTEE), Jallal Bahija (TRUSTEE), Keen Judy (TRUSTEE), Kumin Solomon (TRUSTEE), Leder Ethan (TRUSTEE), Miller III William H (TRUSTEE), Miller Heather Hay (TRUSTEE), Miller Mary (TRUSTEE), Mittal Anuj (TRUSTEE), Moore Stephen (TRUSTEE), Offit Morris (TRUSTEE, FORMER CHAIR), and 13 more.
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 | Ronald Daniels 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 |
| Ronald DanielsPRESIDENT, 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 5th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 4th, High Point University, $5,881,203
- Next in this ranking: 6th, Savannah College of Art and Design, $5,736,005
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
Ronald Daniels (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).
The president, Ronald Daniels, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $5,871,487.
Johns Hopkins paid its president, Ronald Daniels, $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 (Ronald Daniels).
Johns Hopkins' return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $9,435,166,000 and total revenue of $10,623,431,000 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $1,188,265,000. Expenses were $8,767,958,000 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 7.6%. The president's pay of $5,871,487 equals 0.06% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Johns Hopkins University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.