Top-Paid Departments at Ohio State, 2021

Departments ranked by median annualized base pay in the September 30, 2021 file. Only the 815 departments with at least 10 positions are ranked, so a few very high salaries cannot decide the order. The list shows the top 100. Base pay only, not total compensation.

Snapshot year

Highest median base pay

#	Department	Positions	People	Median pay	Highest pay
1	Health Sciences – FGP Neurological Surgery	13	13	$541,867	$790,000
2	Health Sciences – FGP Orthopedics	30	30	$422,659	$644,133
3	Health Sciences – FGP General Surgery	10	10	$397,285	$495,000
4	Health Sciences – FGP IM Gastroenterology, Herpetology and Nutrition	34	34	$392,863	$485,667
5	Health Sciences – FGP Radiation Oncology	23	23	$377,002	$498,301
6	Health Sciences – FGP Maternal Fetal Medicine	10	10	$370,979	$471,520
7	Health Sciences – FGP Plastic Surgery	17	17	$366,733	$598,213
8	Health Sciences – FGP Anesthesiology	100	100	$360,733	$405,200
9	Health Sciences – FGP IM Cardiovascular Medicine	54	54	$348,652	$642,381
10	Health Sciences – FGP Radiology	64	64	$316,756	$388,506
11	Health Sciences – FGP Surgical Oncology	20	20	$299,294	$575,000
12	Health Sciences – FGP Urology	15	15	$288,046	$453,525
13	Health Sciences – FGP Crit Care Trauma and Burn	13	13	$285,000	$461,000
14	Health Sciences – FGP IM Dermatology	19	19	$281,402	$643,557
15	Health Sciences – FGP Otolaryngology	30	30	$276,793	$518,056
16	Health Sciences – FGP IM Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine	46	46	$254,228	$338,918
17	Health Sciences – FGP Emergency Medicine	62	62	$232,613	$319,250
18	Fisher College – Accounting and Management Information Systems	32	32	$232,147	$420,040
19	Health Sciences – FGP Obstetrics and Gynecology	35	35	$229,131	$569,520
20	Health Sciences – FGP IM Medical Oncology	51	51	$226,067	$360,000
21	Health Sciences – FGP IM Hematology	50	50	$224,683	$370,000
22	Health Sciences – Administration	23	23	$210,861	$1,479,000
23	Health Sciences – FGP Neurology	46	46	$202,050	$434,183
24	Health Sciences – FGP IM General Internal Medicine	68	68	$197,733	$279,000
25	Health Sciences – FGP IM Palliative Medicine	19	19	$193,330	$218,954
26	Health Sciences – FGP IM Hospital Medicine	122	122	$189,789	$273,913
27	Health Sciences – FGP IM Nephrology	24	24	$189,649	$229,843
28	Fisher College – Finance	42	42	$186,029	$579,499
29	Health Sciences – FGP Pathology	56	56	$178,139	$421,356
30	Legal Affairs – Administration	28	28	$177,293	$575,400
31	Fisher College – Management and Human Resources	36	36	$174,993	$397,740
32	Health Sciences – FGP Ophthalmology	37	37	$165,000	$554,147
33	Ross – Perfusion	14	14	$164,536	$195,603
34	Health Sciences – FGP IM Infectious Diseases	25	25	$164,464	$205,310
35	Fisher College – Marketing and Logistics	34	34	$164,000	$364,326
36	Specialty Care – Health System Anesthesiology Services	117	117	$159,578	$275,600
37	Health Sciences – FGP Family Medicine	81	81	$154,150	$362,900
38	Fisher College – Operations and Business Analytics	27	27	$150,265	$263,068
39	Health Sciences – FGP IM Immunology and Rheumatology	12	12	$149,610	$218,289
40	Government Affairs\| General	13	13	$136,022	$316,054
41	Health Sciences – FGP IM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism	24	24	$135,910	$212,131
42	FAES – Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics	31	31	$130,315	$231,031
43	FAES – Dean-VP Operating	11	11	$122,598	$573,000
44	James – James Professional Practice	15	15	$120,640	$152,987
45	Optometry – Academics	56	56	$119,856	$312,807
46	OCIO – Information and Identity Protection	34	34	$117,932	$280,000
47	Law – Law Reserve	82	82	$117,887	$417,603
48	Health System Shared Services – Supply Chain Management	24	24	$115,775	$175,591
49	Health Sciences – FGP Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	27	27	$115,572	$420,272
50	Medicine – College Administration	11	11	$115,000	$906,400
51	Medicine – School Biomedical Sciences Cancer Biology and Genetics	29	29	$114,257	$820,551
52	James – SSCBC Pharmacy	11	11	$113,942	$151,280
53	Arts and Sciences – Political Science	35	35	$112,211	$287,687
54	Athletics – Basketball Men	11	11	$111,892	$580,663
55	Engineering – Electrical and Computer Engineering	96	96	$111,888	$223,300
56	James – James 300 Pharmacy	11	11	$110,994	$142,383
57	Ambulatory Services – Ambulatory Pharmacist Services	16	16	$109,731	$124,231
58	Ambulatory Services – Ambulatory Administration	13	13	$109,716	$464,781
59	James – Investigational Drug Service	16	16	$109,310	$138,914
60	OCIO – PeopleSoft Applications	14	14	$108,997	$169,641
61	Arts and Sciences – Economics	43	43	$108,969	$369,906
62	James – Martha Morehouse Medical Plaza Pharmacy	14	14	$108,940	$138,424
63	OCIO – Security Operations	10	10	$108,922	$186,390
64	Ross – Ross Medical APPS	34	34	$108,907	$149,978
65	James – Critical Care Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant	33	33	$107,977	$146,260
66	Ross – Ross Surgical Advanced Practice Providers	26	26	$107,867	$140,593
67	Health Sciences – FGP Psychiatry	58	58	$107,470	$249,580
68	Health System Shared Services – Enterprise Custom Applications	20	20	$106,135	$150,545
69	Arts and Sciences – Philosophy	24	24	$105,757	$178,543
70	East – Advanced Practice Providers	23	23	$105,520	$136,154
71	University Hospital – Surgical Advanced Practice Providers	17	17	$105,320	$160,163
72	OCIO – Mobile and Web Applications	15	15	$104,800	$160,631
73	Harding – Harding Hospital APP	10	10	$104,516	$139,049
74	Ambulatory Services – Sports Medicine Surgical	32	32	$104,439	$141,556
75	University Hospital – Central Quality and Education	22	22	$104,414	$124,010
76	OCIO – Enterprise Applications	17	17	$104,355	$153,758
77	OCIO – Governance and Risk Management	17	17	$103,886	$148,468
78	Health System Shared Services – Planning and Business Development	10	10	$103,300	$190,000
79	OCIO – Enterprise Business Solutions	64	64	$103,279	$205,881
80	Social Work – Faculty Affairs	25	25	$103,077	$152,687
81	University Hospital – Critical Care Advanced Practice Providers	33	33	$103,000	$147,937
82	OCIO – Infrastructure Services	54	54	$102,464	$175,722
83	Dentistry – College Administration	10	10	$102,334	$440,554
84	Health System Shared Services – Office of Legal Affairs	33	33	$102,000	$245,735
85	Human Resources – Compensation	16	16	$101,875	$190,958
86	Health System Shared Services – Business Systems	26	26	$101,864	$177,502
87	James – Pharmacy Administration	38	38	$101,133	$166,687
88	University Hospital – Medical Advanced Practice Providers	10	10	$100,942	$128,284
89	Health System Shared Services – Project Management Office	26	26	$100,888	$142,548
90	Arts and Sciences – College Administration Finance	10	10	$100,841	$251,668
91	Engineering – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	137	137	$100,425	$254,561
92	Engineering – Computer Science and Engineering	86	84	$100,008	$252,002
93	ERIK – Technology Commercialization	28	28	$99,620	$312,120
94	University Hospital – Social Work and Case Management Administration	11	11	$99,411	$132,074
95	Engineering – Biomedical Engineering	42	42	$98,801	$165,777
96	Arts and Sciences – Anthropology	23	23	$98,674	$238,778
97	James – Ambulatory Nurse Practioner and Physician Assistant	183	183	$98,571	$158,604
98	Health System Shared Services – Information Technology Administration	13	13	$98,175	$358,473
99	Engineering – Integrated Systems Engineering	52	52	$98,097	$275,368
100	James – Inpatient Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant	120	120	$97,996	$161,849

Largest combined base pay

The 25 departments with the highest total base pay across all positions.

#	Department	Positions	Median pay	Combined pay
1	Health Sciences – FGP Anesthesiology	100	$360,733	$33.84M
2	Nursing – College Administration	320	$71,742	$25.75M
3	CCC – Comprehensive Cancer Center	396	$56,681	$23.81M
4	Health Sciences – FGP IM Hospital Medicine	122	$189,789	$22.33M
5	Medicine – Pediatrics	639	$28,765	$21.67M
6	Pharmacy – Office of the Dean	237	$67,301	$19.65M
7	Health Sciences – FGP Radiology	64	$316,756	$18.90M
8	Health Sciences – FGP IM Cardiovascular Medicine	54	$348,652	$18.72M
9	James – Ambulatory Nurse Practioner and Physician Assistant	183	$98,571	$18.49M
10	Medicine – Pathology	277	$56,259	$18.17M
11	Specialty Care – Health System Anesthesiology Services	117	$159,578	$16.82M
12	Medicine – Psychiatry	239	$54,933	$15.31M
13	Veterinary Medicine – Veterinary Clinical Sciences	161	$59,208	$14.41M
14	University Hospital – Pharmacy	185	$55,286	$14.37M
15	Engineering – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	137	$100,425	$13.85M
16	Health Sciences – FGP Emergency Medicine	62	$232,613	$13.55M
17	Arts and Sciences – Chemistry and Biochemistry Administration	189	$52,270	$13.52M
18	Health Sciences – FGP Orthopedics	30	$422,659	$12.97M
19	Health Sciences – FGP IM Gastroenterology, Herpetology and Nutrition	34	$392,863	$12.90M
20	Health Sciences – FGP IM General Internal Medicine	68	$197,733	$12.80M
21	Athletics – Football	46	$77,500	$12.49M
22	Health Sciences – FGP Family Medicine	81	$154,150	$12.44M
23	Medicine – Emergency Medicine	182	$59,699	$12.41M
24	James – Inpatient Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant	120	$97,996	$12.20M
25	Health Sciences – FGP IM Medical Oncology	51	$226,067	$12.06M

Top-Paid Departments at Ohio State, 2021

Highest median base pay

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