Seattle Children's CEO salary and executive pay
The highest-paid person on Seattle Children's' return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 was JEFF SPERRING MD, at $2,856,316. That is up $627,134 (28.1%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Seattle Children's ranks 102nd of 148 hospital systems on this site by top pay. $2,423,160 of JEFF SPERRING MD's pay came from related organizations (column E). Seattle Children's has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 91-0564748, Seattle, WA.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,856,316
No one on this filing has a chief executive title, so this shows the highest-paid person.
- Total revenue
- $3,072,099,534
- Top pay vs. peers
- Higher than 33%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202632249349300018.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 81st of 121 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.09% 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, 20 people were paid more than $500,000, 5 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| JEFF SPERRING MDFORMER OFFICER | $2,856,316 |
| MYRA GREGORIANFORMER KEY EMPLOYEE | $1,429,915 |
| JAMIE PHILLIPSPRESIDENT, SCH & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $1,216,857 |
| SUZANNE BEITELSENIOR VP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $1,197,661 |
| ERIC THAM MDSVP & CHIEF RESEARCH OPS OFFICER | $1,000,442 |
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return, or the highest-paid person where no one has a chief executive title.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | JEFF SPERRING MDFORMER OFFICER (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $2,856,316 | $3,072,099,534 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | JEFF SPERRING MDFORMER OFFICER (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $2,229,182 | $2,659,433,037 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | JEFF SPERRING MD CEO CEO/NON-VOTING EX-OFFICIO | $2,166,022 | $2,334,999,460 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | JEFF SPERRING MD CEO CEO/NON-VOTING EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE | $1,443,856 | $2,172,764,386 | 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 202632249349300018.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| JEFF SPERRING MD*FORMER OFFICER | $4,841 | $2,423,160 | $428,315 | $0 | $0 | $4,841 | $0 | $0 | $4,841 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,427,197 | $566,508 | $429,455 | $399,941 | $28,374 | $2,851,475 | |||
| MYRA GREGORIAN*FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE | $1,358 | $1,071,874 | $356,683 | $0 | $5 | $1,353 | $0 | $0 | $1,358 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $642,660 | $429,214 | $0 | $316,697 | $39,986 | $1,428,557 | |||
| JAMIE PHILLIPSPRESIDENT, SCH & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $981,236 | $0 | $235,621 | $816,918 | $163,053 | $1,265 | $71,045 | $37,412 | $1,089,693 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $127,164 | $0 | $127,164 | |||
| SUZANNE BEITEL*SENIOR VP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $3,564 | $961,317 | $232,780 | $0 | $0 | $3,564 | $0 | $0 | $3,564 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $801,341 | $159,976 | $0 | $195,411 | $37,369 | $1,194,097 | |||
| ERIC THAM MDSVP & CHIEF RESEARCH OPS OFFICER | $818,697 | $0 | $181,745 | $638,862 | $178,466 | $1,369 | $52,945 | $39,975 | $911,617 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $88,825 | $0 | $88,825 | |||
These figures come from Seattle Children'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 Seattle Children's compares
Ranked 102nd of 148 hospital systems by top pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Wellstar Health System$5,069,923 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
MemorialCare$7,083,129 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
UF Health Shands$1,608,122 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Boston Medical Center$2,199,373 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
AdventHealth$9,855,391 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
The fiscal year ending September 2025 filing does not list anyone with a chief executive title. The highest-paid person, JEFF SPERRING MD (FORMER OFFICER), was paid $2,856,316. $2,423,160 of JEFF SPERRING MD's pay came from related organizations (column E). Seattle Children's ranks 102nd of 148 hospital systems on this site by top pay.
The highest-paid person on the latest return was JEFF SPERRING MD (FORMER OFFICER), at $2,856,316. Next was MYRA GREGORIAN (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), at $1,429,915. On the latest return, 20 people were paid more than $500,000, 5 of them more than $1 million.
The highest-paid person on Seattle Children's' return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 was JEFF SPERRING MD, at $2,856,316. That is up $627,134 (28.1%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was JEFF SPERRING MD, paid $1,443,856. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,443,856 (JEFF SPERRING MD); September 2023, $2,166,022; September 2024, $2,229,182; September 2025, $2,856,316.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Seattle Children's filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.