Worcester Polytechnic Institute president salary and executive pay
Worcester Polytechnic Institute paid its president, JINLIU WANG, $1,122,817 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $228,033 (25.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Worcester Polytechnic Institute ranks 73rd of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Worcester Polytechnic Institute has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-2121659, Worcester, MA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,122,817
- Total revenue
- $529,428,994
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 84%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611319349306066.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 16th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.21% 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, 6 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| JINLIU WANG President PRESIDENT | $1,122,817 |
| MICHAEL HORANTREASURER, EXECUTIVE VP & CFO | $644,367 |
| LAUREN TURNERSVP TALENT & INCLUSION, CDO | $611,938 |
| DAVID BUNISSEC. & GEN COUNSEL (THRU 01/2025) | $589,136 |
| DONNA STOCKVP UNIV ADV (THRU 02/2025) | $504,629 |
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | JINLIU WANG President PRESIDENT | $1,122,817 | $529,428,994 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | JINLIU WANG President PRESIDENT | $894,784 | $490,769,899 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | JINLIU WANG President PRESIDENT (AS OF 04/2023) | $0 | $462,672,181 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | LAURIE LESHIN President PRESIDENT (THRU 05/2022) | $2,005,283 | $444,871,646 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611319349306066.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| JINLIU WANGPRESIDENT | $995,961 | $126,856 | $792,271 | $165,000 | $38,690 | $62,775 | $64,081 | $1,122,817 |
| MICHAEL HORANTREASURER, EXECUTIVE VP & CFO | $589,073 | $55,294 | $402,135 | $160,395 | $26,543 | $32,775 | $22,519 | $644,367 |
| LAUREN TURNERSVP TALENT & INCLUSION, CDO | $551,271 | $60,667 | $375,331 | $150,960 | $24,980 | $32,775 | $27,892 | $611,938 |
| DAVID BUNISSEC. & GEN COUNSEL (THRU 01/2025) | $552,517 | $36,619 | $426,590 | $120,230 | $5,697 | $32,775 | $3,844 | $589,136 |
| DONNA STOCKVP UNIV ADV (THRU 02/2025) | $461,131 | $43,498 | $329,051 | $107,100 | $24,980 | $32,775 | $10,723 | $504,629 |
These figures come from Worcester Polytechnic Institute'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 Worcester Polytechnic Institute compares
Ranked 73rd of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Williams College$992,690 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Smith College$745,032 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Duquesne University$906,757 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Richmond$2,553,560 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Seattle University$857,322 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
JINLIU WANG (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,122,817 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $995,961 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and $126,856 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Worcester Polytechnic Institute ranks 73rd of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, JINLIU WANG, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,122,817. Next was MICHAEL HORAN (TREASURER, EXECUTIVE VP & CFO), at $644,367. On the latest return, 6 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute paid its president, JINLIU WANG, $1,122,817 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $228,033 (25.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was LAURIE LESHIN, paid $2,005,283. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,005,283 (LAURIE LESHIN); June 2023, $0 (JINLIU WANG); June 2024, $894,784; June 2025, $1,122,817.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Worcester Polytechnic Institute filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.