Rochester Institute of Technology president salary and executive pay
Rochester Institute of Technology paid its president, DAVID C MUNSON, $1,421,925 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $142,556 (9.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Rochester Institute of Technology ranks 55th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Rochester Institute of Technology has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 16-0743140, Rochester, NY.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,421,925
- Total revenue
- $1,173,696,705
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 43%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621249349302502.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 54th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.12% 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, 6 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| DAVID C MUNSON President PRESIDENT | $1,421,925 |
| JAMES H WATTERSSVP FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION | $743,019 |
| NABIL Z NASRASSOC PROVOST DIR GOLISANO INST OF SUSTAINABILITY | $712,712 |
| PRABU DAVIDPROVOST & SR VP FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | $596,656 |
| PHILLIP D CASTLEBERRYVP UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT | $528,077 |
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 | DAVID C MUNSON President PRESIDENT | $1,421,925 | $1,173,696,705 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | DAVID C MUNSON President PRESIDENT | $1,564,481 | $1,155,931,634 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | DAVID C MUNSON President PRESIDENT | $1,084,419 | $1,042,122,687 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | DAVID C MUNSON President PRESIDENT | $971,661 | $1,071,324,345 | 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 202621249349302502.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| DAVID C MUNSONPRESIDENT | $1,309,891 | $112,034 | $1,008,913 | $60,684 | $240,294 | $31,050 | $80,984 | $1,421,925 |
| JAMES H WATTERSSVP FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION | $685,910 | $57,109 | $640,766 | $27,062 | $18,082 | $34,500 | $22,609 | $743,019 |
| NABIL Z NASRASSOC PROVOST DIR GOLISANO INST OF SUSTAINABILITY | $647,725 | $64,987 | $508,472 | $0 | $139,253 | $34,500 | $30,487 | $712,712 |
| PRABU DAVIDPROVOST & SR VP FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | $545,850 | $50,806 | $527,467 | $16,755 | $1,628 | $31,050 | $19,756 | $596,656 |
| PHILLIP D CASTLEBERRYVP UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT | $463,163 | $64,914 | $456,579 | $0 | $6,584 | $31,050 | $33,864 | $528,077 |
These figures come from Rochester Institute of Technology'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 Rochester Institute of Technology compares
Ranked 55th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Southern Methodist University$2,319,722 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Saint Louis University$1,841,355 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Fordham University$1,846,798 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Texas Christian University$3,499,401 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending May 2025
Nova Southeastern University$1,800,665 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
DAVID C MUNSON (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,421,925 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,309,891 from Rochester Institute of Technology and $112,034 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Rochester Institute of Technology ranks 55th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, DAVID C MUNSON, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,421,925. Next was JAMES H WATTERS (SVP FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION), at $743,019. On the latest return, 6 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
Rochester Institute of Technology paid its president, DAVID C MUNSON, $1,421,925 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $142,556 (9.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was DAVID C MUNSON, paid $971,661. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $971,661 (DAVID C MUNSON); June 2023, $1,084,419; June 2024, $1,564,481; June 2025, $1,421,925.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Rochester Institute of Technology 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.