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. Texas Children's Hospital ranks 11th of 148 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 89%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202602269349303450.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 14th of 121 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 |
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 11th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
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
Lehigh Valley Health Network$5,806,648 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Mount Sinai Health System$5,489,914 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
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). Texas Children's Hospital ranks 11th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, MARK A WALLACE, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $13,338,019. Next was WELDON W GAGE (BOARD MEMBER / EVP / CFO), at $3,118,613. On the latest return, 19 people were paid more than $500,000, 15 of them more than $1 million.
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.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Texas Children's Hospital 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.