RTI International CEO salary and executive pay
RTI International paid its CEO, T Gabel, $1,823,892 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $298,493 (19.6%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,254,259,534, down 10.6% from $1,403,482,013 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. RTI International ranks 8th of 15 research institutes on this site by CEO pay. RTI International has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 56-0686338, Research Triangle Park, NC.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$1,823,892
- Total revenue
- $1,254,259,534
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 47%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202602169349300910.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 173rd of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.15% 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, 22 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| T Gabel CEO President | $1,823,892 |
| M Kaelin JrVice President & COO | $1,231,929 |
| A GallimoreBoard Member | $1,212,129 |
| P WeisenfeldVice President | $1,014,194 |
| G StorySecretary | $982,647 |
Also paid on the latest return: A Roussel (Vice President), $916,995; W Fairfax (Vice President), $854,754; J Elguera (Vice President), $828,527; J Lodge (Board Member), $735,914; T Steelman (Board Member), $692,261; E Sax (Treasurer), $636,150; C Simmons (Divisional Director), $607,699; W Arden (Board Member), $599,647; A Cox New 352025 (Vice President & CFO), $577,389; S Earnshaw (Divisional Director), $567,574; L Thalji (Divisional Director), $560,789; A Purohit New 112025 (Vice President), $555,760; F Gilliam (Board Member), $537,484; A Bir (Divisional Director), $537,088; P Gordon-Larsen (Board Member), $532,629; and 15 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: G Loften New 1212024 (Board Member).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | T Gabel CEO President | $1,823,892 | $1,254,259,534 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | T Gabel CEO President | $1,525,399 | $1,403,482,013 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | T Gabel CEO President | $1,407,186 | $1,246,864,577 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | E Holden Separated 212022 CEO President | $1,967,932 | $1,238,064,784 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202602169349300910.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| T GabelPresident | $1,541,384 | $0 | $282,508 | $935,210 | $518,355 | $87,819 | $224,302 | $58,206 | $1,823,892 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| M Kaelin JrVice President & COO | $1,045,470 | $0 | $186,459 | $657,212 | $358,995 | $29,263 | $125,201 | $61,258 | $1,231,929 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| A Gallimore*Board Member | $53,500 | $1,081,866 | $76,763 | $53,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $53,500 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $988,218 | $70,390 | $23,258 | $42,072 | $37,905 | $1,161,843 | |||
| P WeisenfeldVice President | $939,496 | $0 | $74,698 | $580,228 | $321,067 | $38,201 | $43,100 | $31,598 | $1,014,194 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| G StorySecretary | $930,341 | $0 | $52,306 | $560,429 | $312,430 | $57,482 | $0 | $52,306 | $982,647 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from RTI International'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 RTI International compares
Ranked 8th of 15 research institutes by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 7th, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, $2,088,766
- Next in this ranking: 9th, Southwest Research Institute, $1,799,081
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Community Behavioral Health$277,477 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
International Rescue Committee$1,188,792 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
IDEA Public Schools$401,654 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
College Board$2,345,561 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
American Heart Association$4,563,563 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
T Gabel (President) was paid $1,823,892 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,541,384 from RTI International and $282,508 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, T Gabel, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,823,892.
RTI International paid its CEO, T Gabel, $1,823,892 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $298,493 (19.6%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was E Holden Separated 212022, paid $1,967,932. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,967,932 (E Holden Separated 212022); September 2023, $1,407,186 (T Gabel); September 2024, $1,525,399; September 2025, $1,823,892.
RTI International's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $1,244,098,919 and total revenue of $1,254,259,534 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $10,160,615. Expenses were $1,369,520,191 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they fell 9.2%. The CEO's pay of $1,823,892 equals 0.15% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns RTI International filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 4, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.