Lehigh University president salary and executive pay
Lehigh University paid its president, JOSEPH J HELBLE, $1,145,854 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $133,506 (13.2%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Lehigh University ranks 70th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Lehigh University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 24-0795445, Bethlehem, PA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,145,854
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,429,710KRISTIN AGATONECHIEF INVESTMENT OFF.
- Total revenue
- $840,062,522
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 57%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202610899349301306.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 41st of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.14% 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, 9 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| KRISTIN AGATONECHIEF INVESTMENT OFF. | $1,429,710 |
| JOSEPH J HELBLE President PRESIDENT | $1,145,854 |
| NATHANIEL N URBANPROVOST | $785,941 |
| MICHAEL D GOULDDIRECTOR INVEST. OFF. | $752,813 |
| PAUL BROCKMANPROFESSOR | $588,193 |
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 | JOSEPH J HELBLE President PRESIDENT | $1,145,854 | $840,062,522 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | JOSEPH J HELBLE President PRESIDENT | $1,012,348 | $748,495,878 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | JOSEPH J HELBLE President PRESIDENT | $913,757 | $695,392,244 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | NATHANIEL N URBAN President PROVOST, INTERIM PRESIDENT | $669,822 | $713,288,867 | 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 202610899349301306.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| KRISTIN AGATONECHIEF INVESTMENT OFF. | $1,369,597 | $60,113 | $561,923 | $807,055 | $619 | $33,918 | $26,195 | $1,429,710 |
| JOSEPH J HELBLEPRESIDENT | $1,084,009 | $61,845 | $909,313 | $121,680 | $53,016 | $51,382 | $10,463 | $1,145,854 |
| NATHANIEL N URBANPROVOST | $732,579 | $53,362 | $675,097 | $50,000 | $7,482 | $27,018 | $26,344 | $785,941 |
| MICHAEL D GOULDDIRECTOR INVEST. OFF. | $696,296 | $56,517 | $309,054 | $386,953 | $289 | $30,650 | $25,867 | $752,813 |
| PAUL BROCKMANPROFESSOR | $535,725 | $52,468 | $530,224 | – | $5,501 | $33,918 | $18,550 | $588,193 |
These figures come from Lehigh 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 Lehigh University compares
Ranked 70th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Marquette University$869,890 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Wake Forest University$1,883,267 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University$1,048,438 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Denver$1,209,539 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Loyola Marymount University$1,237,126 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
JOSEPH J HELBLE (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,145,854 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,084,009 from Lehigh University and $61,845 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Lehigh University ranks 70th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The highest-paid person on the latest return was KRISTIN AGATONE (CHIEF INVESTMENT OFF.), at $1,429,710. That is $283,856 more than the president, JOSEPH J HELBLE. Next was NATHANIEL N URBAN (PROVOST), at $785,941. On the latest return, 9 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
Lehigh University paid its president, JOSEPH J HELBLE, $1,145,854 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $133,506 (13.2%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was NATHANIEL N URBAN, paid $669,822. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $669,822 (NATHANIEL N URBAN); June 2023, $913,757 (JOSEPH J HELBLE); June 2024, $1,012,348; June 2025, $1,145,854.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Lehigh 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.