RWJBarnabas Health CEO salary and executive pay
RWJBarnabas Health paid its CEO, Mark E Manigan, $8,864,611 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $1,588,900 (21.8%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $2,184,226,025, up 28.0% from $1,706,209,298 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. RWJBarnabas Health ranks 27th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. RWJBarnabas Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Also known as RWJBH Corporate Services.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 22-2405279, Oceanport, NJ.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$8,864,611
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Richard L Davis (PRESIDENT/CEO - CBMC), $2,216,418; Darrell Terry (PRESIDENT/CEO - NBIMC), $2,094,460; Eric W Carney (PRESIDENT/CEO - MMC/MMC-SC), $1,567,092; Patrick M Ahearn (PRESIDENT/CEO - CMC), $1,517,752; Mary Ellen Clyne (PRESIDENT/CEO - CMMC), $1,415,676.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending December 2024
$13,421,339Thomas A BigaEVP, PRESIDENT NW REGION
- Total revenue
- $2,184,226,025
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 90%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202523189349309232.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 18th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.41% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
RWJBarnabas Health's CEO is paid by RWJBH Corporate Services, which files this return. The RWJBarnabas group return for its hospitals is filed separately. The system's largest single return is filed separately by RWJBarnabas Health and affiliates (EIN 85-1296795), 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, 29 people were paid more than $500,000, 26 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Thomas A BigaEVP, PRESIDENT NW REGION | $13,421,339 |
| Mark E Manigan CEO TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT/CEO | $8,864,611 |
| John W Doll CPASR. EVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFF. | $7,078,513 |
| Gary S HoranFORMER TOP 5 HIGHEST EE | $4,288,182 |
| Michael E KnechtEVP, CMO & Comm.(Term 9/30) | $3,781,528 |
Also paid on the latest return: William S Arnold (EVP, PRESIDENT SOUTHERN REGION), $3,409,051; Frank Pipas CPA (EVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $2,669,450; Ruric C Anderson MD (EVP, CHIEF MED & QUALITY OFF.), $2,434,087; Michael Prilutsky (EVP, PRESIDENT NE REGION), $2,300,469; Richard L Davis (PRESIDENT/CEO - CBMC), $2,216,418; Debra Lienhardt (EVP, chief bus dev off.), $2,119,474; Darrell Terry (PRESIDENT/CEO - NBIMC), $2,094,460; Glenn Miller (EVP, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER), $1,962,038; David A Mebane Esq (TRUSTEE - EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL), $1,933,127; Nancy E Holecek (EVP, CHIEF NURSING OFFICER), $1,925,289; Patrick Knaus (EVP, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER), $1,849,462; Paul G Alexander MD (EVP, CHE/CTO (Term 9/16)), $1,743,908; Indu Lew (EVP, CHIEF OF STAFF), $1,738,790; Stephen K Barry (EVP, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT), $1,714,506; Robert T Adamson (EVP, CHIEF INFO. OFFICER), $1,641,914; and 12 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Jack Morris (TRUSTEE).
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 | Mark E Manigan CEO TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT/CEO | $8,864,611 | $2,184,226,025 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Mark E Manigan CEO TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT/CEO | $7,275,711 | $1,706,209,298 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Barry H Ostrowsky CEO TRUSTEE - CEO | $8,821,142 | $1,387,085,254 | 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 202523189349309232.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Thomas A BigaEVP, PRESIDENT NW REGION | $12,465,942 | $955,397 | $1,841,585 | $1,055,808 | $9,568,549 | $940,689 | $14,708 | $13,421,339 |
| Mark E ManiganTRUSTEE - PRESIDENT/CEO | $7,116,365 | $1,748,246 | $3,471,500 | $3,349,938 | $294,927 | $1,720,866 | $27,380 | $8,864,611 |
| John W Doll CPASR. EVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFF. | $5,850,311 | $1,228,202 | $2,875,168 | $1,859,872 | $1,115,271 | $1,205,943 | $22,259 | $7,078,513 |
| Gary S Horan*FORMER TOP 5 HIGHEST EE | $4,274,382 | $13,800 | $2,771,382 | $0 | $1,503,000 | $13,800 | $0 | $4,288,182 |
| Michael E KnechtEVP, CMO & Comm.(Term 9/30) | $3,525,747 | $255,781 | $2,095,320 | $435,855 | $994,572 | $255,257 | $524 | $3,781,528 |
These figures come from RWJBarnabas 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 RWJBarnabas Health compares
Ranked 27th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 26th, Cedars-Sinai, $9,076,459
- Next in this ranking: 28th, MultiCare Health System, $8,673,258
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
St. Elizabeth Healthcare$1,709,972 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
HealthPartners (Park Nicollet)$3,838,003 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Sharp HealthCare$2,750,617 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital$1,713,883 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Hoag$3,921,506 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Mark E Manigan (TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $8,864,611 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $7,116,365 from RWJBarnabas Health and $1,748,246 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Thomas A Biga (EVP, PRESIDENT NW REGION), at $13,421,339. That is $4,556,728 more than the CEO, Mark E Manigan.
RWJBarnabas Health's CEO is paid by RWJBH Corporate Services, which files this return. The RWJBarnabas group return for its hospitals is filed separately.
RWJBarnabas Health paid its CEO, Mark E Manigan, $8,864,611 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $1,588,900 (21.8%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Barry H Ostrowsky, paid $8,821,142. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $8,821,142 (Barry H Ostrowsky); December 2023, $7,275,711 (Mark E Manigan); December 2024, $8,864,611.
RWJBarnabas Health's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $1,720,998,874 and total revenue of $2,184,226,025 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $463,227,151. Expenses were $1,530,823,465 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 12.4%. The CEO's pay of $8,864,611 equals 0.52% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns RWJBarnabas Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 14, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.