Texas Children's Hospital CEO salary and executive pay
Texas Children's Hospital paid its CEO, Mark A Wallace, $13,338,019 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $7,081,938 (113.2%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $4,436,955,658, up 15.5% from $3,843,065,933 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Texas Children's Hospital ranks 12th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Texas Children's Hospital has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 74-1100555, Bellaire, TX.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$13,338,019
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Debra F Sukin PhD (BOARD MEMBER & CEO AS OF 10/4/24 / PRESIDENT), $2,496,247.
- Total revenue
- $4,436,955,658
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 83%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202602269349303450.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 31st of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.30% 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, 19 people were paid more than $500,000, 15 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Mark A Wallace CEO BOARD MEMBER, CHAIR & CEO THROUGH 10/4/24 | $13,338,019 |
| Weldon W GageBOARD MEMBER / EVP / CFO | $3,118,613 |
| Myra L DavisBOARD MEMBER / EVP / CHIEF INFORMATION & INNOVATION OFFICER | $3,060,669 |
| Debra F Sukin PhDBOARD MEMBER & CEO AS OF 10/4/24 / PRESIDENT | $2,496,247 |
| Linda W AldredBOARD MEMBER & EVP & CHIEF HRO THROUGH 10/11/24 | $2,398,836 |
Also paid on the latest return: Keith C Nelson (BOARD MEMBER / EVP / CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), $2,133,548; Daniel R Diprisco (BOARD MEMBER / EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT), $2,002,789; Lance A Lightfoot (FORMER OFFICER & SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT), $1,989,558; Matthew T Girotto (BOARD MEMBER / EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT), $1,559,702; Thierry Agm Huisman MD PhD (BOARD MEMBER / PHYSICIAN / IN-CHIEF), $1,245,121; Jacqueline R Ward (BOARD MEMBER / SVP / CHIEF NURSE EXECUTIVE), $1,227,160; Russell Williams (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), $1,190,925; Stanley W Spinner MD (VICE PRESIDENT / PHYSICIAN), $1,106,241; Craig J Mills (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT), $1,055,753; Aisha Jamal (BOARD SECRETARY THROUGH 10/11/24), $1,039,153; Afsheen S Davis (BOARD SECRETARY AS OF 10/12/24 / SVP & GENERAL COUNSEL), $993,799; Bert M Gumeringer (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT), $948,175; Kelly Jo Golson (CHIEF BRAND & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER), $898,234; Tabitha L Rice (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE & EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT), $673,779; Amanda R Williams (ASSISTANT SECRETARY AS OF 11/7/24), $338,857; and 9 more.
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 | Mark A Wallace CEO BOARD MEMBER, CHAIR & CEO THROUGH 10/4/24 | $13,338,019 | $4,436,955,658 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Mark A Wallace CEO BOARD MEMBER & CHAIR & CEO ALL YEAR / PRESIDENT THROUGH 1/7/24 | $6,256,081 | $3,843,065,933 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | MARK A WALLACE CEO BOARD MEMBER / CHAIR / PRESIDENT / CEO | $7,669,922 | $3,828,011,089 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | MARK A WALLACE CEO BOARD MEMBER / CHAIR / PRESIDENT / CEO | $8,847,133 | $3,138,195,631 | 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 202602269349303450.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Mark A WallaceBOARD MEMBER, CHAIR & CEO THROUGH 10/4/24 | $13,249,302 | $88,717 | $2,097,370 | $1,630,000 | $9,521,932 | $62,169 | $26,548 | $13,338,019 |
| Weldon W GageBOARD MEMBER / EVP / CFO | $2,485,328 | $633,285 | $1,103,403 | $1,083,900 | $298,025 | $604,327 | $28,958 | $3,118,613 |
| Myra L DavisBOARD MEMBER / EVP / CHIEF INFORMATION & INNOVATION OFFICER | $2,687,305 | $373,364 | $925,924 | $835,300 | $926,081 | $334,573 | $38,791 | $3,060,669 |
| Debra F Sukin PhDBOARD MEMBER & CEO AS OF 10/4/24 / PRESIDENT | $2,142,794 | $353,453 | $1,540,861 | $530,000 | $71,933 | $305,850 | $47,603 | $2,496,247 |
| Linda W AldredBOARD MEMBER & EVP & CHIEF HRO THROUGH 10/11/24 | $2,046,760 | $352,076 | $745,439 | $560,102 | $741,219 | $332,798 | $19,278 | $2,398,836 |
These figures come from Texas Children's Hospital'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 Texas Children's Hospital compares
Ranked 12th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 11th, Banner Health, $13,535,312
- Next in this ranking: 13th, UPMC, $13,324,020
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Houston Methodist$8,338,578 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
OSF HealthCare$3,181,962 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Nationwide Children's Hospital$2,187,047 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Mount Sinai Health System$5,489,914 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
MaineHealth$2,618,396 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Mark A Wallace (BOARD MEMBER, CHAIR & CEO THROUGH 10/4/24) was paid $13,338,019 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $13,249,302 from Texas Children's Hospital and $88,717 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Mark A Wallace, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $13,338,019.
Texas Children's Hospital paid its CEO, Mark A Wallace, $13,338,019 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $7,081,938 (113.2%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was MARK A WALLACE, paid $8,847,133. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $8,847,133 (MARK A WALLACE); September 2023, $7,669,922; September 2024, $6,256,081; September 2025, $13,338,019.
Texas Children's Hospital's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $4,105,997,047 and total revenue of $4,436,955,658 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $330,958,611. Expenses were $3,933,380,085 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 4.4%. The CEO's pay of $13,338,019 equals 0.32% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Texas Children's Hospital filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.