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. Total revenue on that return was $529,428,994, up 7.9% from $490,769,899 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Worcester Polytechnic Institute ranks 94th of 137 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 69%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611319349306066.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 41st of 132 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 |
Also paid on the latest return: Philip Clay (VP STUDENT AFFAIRS), $501,356; Bogdan Vernescu (VP & VICE PROV. RESEARCH & INNOV.), $426,118; Jean King (DEAN OF ARTS & SCIENCES), $424,243; Vijay Menta (PRES. INFO. TECH. & CIO), $397,586; Arthur Heinricher (INTERIM PROVOST (THRU 07/2024)), $352,441; Kyle Siegel (AVP, CHIEF OF STAFF & DEP. SECR.), $267,926; Elizabeth Clapp (ASSOC TREAS. & CONTROLL (THRU 12/24)), $252,288; Andrew Sears (PROVOST (AS OF 08/2024)), $250,547.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: William Fitzgerald (CHAIR & TRUSTEE), Joyce Kline (VICE CHAIR & TRUSTEE), Stephen Rusckowski (VICE CHAIR & TRUSTEE), Michael Aspinwall (TRUSTEE), Lorraine Bolsinger (TRUSTEE), Linwood Bradford (TRUSTEE), Marni Hall (TRUSTEE), Robert Hart (TRUSTEE), Stuart Kazin (TRUSTEE), David Lapre (TRUSTEE), Carleen Maitland (TRUSTEE), Erica Mason (TRUSTEE), Maureen McCaffrey (TRUSTEE), Neil McDonough (TRUSTEE), Patricia Newcomer-Small (TRUSTEE), George Oliver (TRUSTEE), Natalia Pavlova (TRUSTEE (AS OF 11/2024)), Elizabeth Phalen (TRUSTEE), James F Polewaczyk (TRUSTEE (AS OF 11/2024)), Mark Russell (TRUSTEE), Elizabeth Schweinsberg (TRUSTEE), Navjot Singh (TRUSTEE), Chartsiri Sophonpanich (TRUSTEE (AS OF 05/2025)), Joan Bolduc Szkutak (TRUSTEE), Greg Tucker (TRUSTEE (AS OF 05/2025)), and 3 more.
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 94th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 93rd, Liberty University, $1,127,660
- Next in this ranking: 95th, Bowdoin College, $1,120,866
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).
The president, Jinliu Wang, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,122,817.
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.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $539,287,317 and total revenue of $529,428,994 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $9,858,323. Expenses were $505,318,915 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 6.7%. The president's pay of $1,122,817 equals 0.21% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Worcester Polytechnic Institute filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 11, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.