Northwell Health CEO salary and executive pay
Northwell Health paid its CEO, Michael Dowling, $5,943,362 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $3,099,182 (34.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $2,686,059,921, up 9.2% from $2,459,986,464 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Northwell Health ranks 48th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Northwell Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 11-2965586, Westbury, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$5,943,362
- Total revenue
- $2,686,059,921
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 72%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503169349303775.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 51st of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.22% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
The system's largest single return is filed separately by Long Island Jewish Medical Center (EIN 11-2241326), so the revenue shown here is this return's own, not the whole system's.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 16 people were paid more than $1 million and no one else more than $500,000.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Michael Dowling CEO President & CEO | $5,943,362 |
| Mark SolazzoPres, Strategic Initiatives & | $3,816,311 |
| Michele CusackEVP & CFO | $1,990,193 |
| David BattinelliEVP & Physician in Chief | $1,895,203 |
| Deborah SchiffEVP, Amb Strategy & Bus Dvlp | $1,854,668 |
Also paid on the latest return: Joseph Moscola (EVP, Enterprise Services), $1,775,813; Jason Naidich (SVP, Chief Learning & Innovati), $1,701,280; Laurence Kraemer (EVP, Gen Coun, CLO & Asst Sec), $1,677,461; Jeffrey Kraut (EVP Strategy), $1,667,309; Jill Kalman (EVP, CMO & Deputy Physician-in), $1,653,770; Kevin Beiner (EVP/President, Western Market), $1,631,339; John D'Angelo (EVP/President, Central Market), $1,630,470; Donna Drummond (SVP & Chf Expense Officer), $1,302,137; Konstantine Costalas (SVP, Managed Care), $1,240,540; Mark Gloade (SVP, Dep Gen Coun, Dep CLO & A), $1,170,005; Ralph Nappi (EVC), $1,067,436; Harry Gindi (Assistant Secretary), $493,773; Mark Claster (Vice Chairman), $324,255.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Margaret Crotty (Chairman), Michael Epstein (Immediate Past Chairman), Richard Goldstein (Vice Chairman), William Mack (Vice Chairman), Barry Rubenstein (Vice Chairman), Robert Rosenthal (Treasurer), Donald Zucker (Secretary), Non-Compensated Trustees (SEE SCHEDULE O).
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 | Michael Dowling CEO President & CEO | $5,943,362 | $2,686,059,921 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Michael Dowling CEO President & CEO | $9,042,544 | $2,459,986,464 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Michael Dowling CEO President & CEO | $5,268,261 | $2,049,436,022 | 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 202503169349303775.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Michael DowlingPresident & CEO | $5,867,706 | $75,656 | $4,647,647 | $1,158,500 | $61,559 | $37,950 | $37,706 | $5,943,362 |
| Mark SolazzoPres, Strategic Initiatives & | $3,747,876 | $68,435 | $2,951,467 | $744,750 | $51,659 | $37,950 | $30,485 | $3,816,311 |
| Michele CusackEVP & CFO | $1,904,871 | $85,322 | $1,422,922 | $397,550 | $84,399 | $37,950 | $47,372 | $1,990,193 |
| David BattinelliEVP & Physician in Chief | $1,809,811 | $85,392 | $1,349,848 | $436,388 | $23,575 | $37,950 | $47,442 | $1,895,203 |
| Deborah SchiffEVP, Amb Strategy & Bus Dvlp | $1,784,891 | $69,777 | $1,161,634 | $579,282 | $43,975 | $37,950 | $31,827 | $1,854,668 |
These figures come from Northwell Health'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 Northwell Health compares
Ranked 48th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 47th, Northside Hospital, $5,944,335
- Next in this ranking: 49th, Baptist Health (Kentucky), $5,838,744
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Sutter Health$11,904,420 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Grady Health System$2,698,520 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Children's Health (Dallas)$4,345,262 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Rush University System for Health$4,819,778 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta$3,008,349 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Michael Dowling (President & CEO) was paid $5,943,362 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $5,867,706 from Northwell Health and $75,656 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Michael Dowling, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $5,943,362.
Northwell Health paid its CEO, Michael Dowling, $5,943,362 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $3,099,182 (34.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Michael Dowling, paid $5,268,261. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $5,268,261 (Michael Dowling); December 2023, $9,042,544; December 2024, $5,943,362.
Northwell Health's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $2,568,331,181 and total revenue of $2,686,059,921 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $117,728,740. Expenses were $2,189,133,342 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 17.3%. The CEO's pay of $5,943,362 equals 0.23% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Northwell Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 12, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.