Top-Paid Departments at Ohio State, 2022

Departments ranked by median annualized base pay in the September 30, 2022 file. Only the 403 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

The 2022 file has no Health System or Athletics positions (only 22,315 rows in total), so counts and totals for that year run low.

Because the 2022 file has no Health System or Athletics positions, those groups cannot appear in the 2022 rankings.

Highest median base pay

#	Department	Positions	People	Median pay	Highest pay
1	Fisher College – Accounting and Management Information Systems	31	31	$239,561	$438,731
2	Medicine – College Administration	10	10	$223,302	$951,720
3	Fisher College – Finance	42	42	$203,573	$598,333
4	Legal Affairs – Administration	28	28	$182,029	$592,662
5	Fisher College – Management and Human Resources	38	38	$179,368	$509,604
6	Fisher College – Marketing and Logistics	32	32	$168,940	$376,166
7	Fisher College – Operations and Business Analytics	28	28	$159,636	$274,540
8	Arts and Sciences – Economics	47	47	$150,000	$373,605
9	Pharmacy – Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology	16	16	$149,381	$307,061
10	Law – Law Reserve	60	60	$136,582	$425,955
11	FAES – Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics	29	29	$130,311	$238,539
12	ERIK – Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship	12	12	$128,579	$237,642
13	Pharmacy – Practice and Science	12	12	$126,065	$190,998
14	Pharmacy – Medicinal Chemistry	13	13	$125,385	$270,923
15	Optometry – Academics	56	56	$123,514	$319,063
16	ERIK – Office of Corporate Partnerships	13	13	$121,200	$278,409
17	Engineering – Computer Science and Engineering	97	95	$119,500	$257,521
18	OCIO – PeopleSoft Applications	12	12	$118,638	$174,052
19	Academic Affairs Administration – Administration	13	13	$118,450	$335,186
20	Arts and Sciences – Political Science	36	36	$117,185	$294,016
21	Medicine – School Biomedical Sciences Cancer Biology and Genetics	27	27	$116,542	$828,756
22	Human Resources – Talent Management	12	12	$112,433	$257,500
23	Engineering – Electrical and Computer Engineering	103	103	$110,355	$216,700
24	Medicine – Center for Clinical Research Management	11	11	$110,210	$202,347
25	Legal Affairs – Compliance	13	13	$109,042	$455,560
26	Medicine – Biomedical Education and Anatomy-Administration	10	10	$106,338	$306,748
27	Administration and Planning – DPS University Police	71	71	$106,101	$171,106
28	OCIO – Enterprise Business Solutions	62	62	$105,820	$211,233
29	Pharmacy – Education and Innovation	29	29	$105,194	$174,680
30	Social Work – Faculty Affairs	29	29	$105,058	$157,420
31	OCIO – Infrastructure Services	55	55	$105,000	$160,262
32	Engineering – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	132	132	$104,992	$311,100
33	OCIO – Information and Identity Protection	38	38	$104,623	$287,280
34	Engineering – Integrated Systems Engineering	51	51	$104,520	$283,629
35	Arts and Sciences – Anthropology	22	22	$104,035	$243,553
36	ERIK – Technology Commercialization	28	28	$102,606	$321,484
37	Human Resources – HR Technology and Service Operations	21	21	$102,500	$148,625
38	Medicine – School Biomed Sci - Biomedical Informatics	62	62	$102,067	$337,840
39	John Glenn – Academic	27	27	$101,937	$218,240
40	OCIO – Mobile and Web Applications	20	20	$101,702	$166,173
41	Human Resources – Compensation	18	18	$101,500	$166,281
42	Arts and Sciences – Philosophy	27	27	$101,236	$183,346
43	Arts and Sciences – Statistics	41	37	$100,226	$189,398
44	Arts and Sciences – Sociology	42	42	$100,201	$225,592
45	Medicine – Chief Research Information Office	29	29	$100,000	$162,500
46	OCIO – Service Management	11	11	$99,929	$162,108
47	OCIO – Governance and Risk Management	12	12	$99,918	$152,328
48	Arts and Sciences – College Administration Finance	10	10	$99,300	$259,218
49	Arts and Sciences – Office of the Deans	15	15	$99,076	$400,000
50	OCIO – Enterprise Networking	13	13	$97,228	$150,000
51	Public Health – Division of Biostatistics	17	17	$96,756	$230,276
52	Arts and Sciences – Earth Sciences	46	45	$96,550	$260,500
53	Arts and Sciences – Astronomy	39	38	$95,284	$209,399
54	Strategic Enrollment – Student Technology Solutions	16	16	$95,000	$148,217
55	Arts and Sciences – History	65	65	$93,104	$221,105
56	Student Life – Technical Services Administration	35	35	$92,700	$163,135
57	OHTECH – Shared Infrastructure	29	29	$92,522	$146,360
58	Student Life – Financial Management	10	10	$92,500	$142,000
59	OCIO – Applications Services	21	21	$91,940	$198,349
60	Public Health – Health Services Management and Policy	18	18	$91,620	$260,000
61	Public Health – Environmental Health Science	18	18	$91,431	$261,640
62	Arts and Sciences – School of Communication	53	52	$91,088	$318,313
63	Advancement – Information Technology	24	24	$91,030	$185,238
64	Engineering – College Administration	24	24	$90,699	$236,373
65	Arts and Sciences – Linguistics	20	20	$90,581	$147,834
66	Medicine – School Biomed Science - Center for Biostatistics	30	30	$90,270	$125,508
67	Administration and Planning – FOD Design and Construction	79	79	$89,923	$245,062
68	ERIK – Translational Data Analytics	15	15	$89,894	$195,472
69	Arts and Sciences – Design	25	25	$89,828	$193,500
70	Public Health – Health Behavior and Health Promotion	18	18	$89,664	$167,931
71	Business and Finance – Internal Audit	18	18	$89,540	$219,309
72	Arts and Sciences – Speech Hearing Science	31	31	$89,180	$239,844
73	Arts and Sciences – Geography	30	30	$89,155	$227,869
74	Arts and Sciences – History of Art	15	15	$89,072	$139,670
75	OCIO – Local Applications	16	16	$88,226	$125,076
76	Administration and Planning – Planning Architecture and Real Estate Physical Space and Capital Planning	14	14	$87,707	$260,000
77	Engineering – Materials Science and Engineering	96	96	$86,944	$458,870
78	EHE – Educational Studies Administration	95	86	$86,231	$271,936
79	FAES – Agriculture and Natural Resources	23	23	$86,000	$133,651
80	Engineering – Knowlton School of Architecture Administration	66	66	$85,253	$190,264
81	Arts and Sciences – English	95	95	$85,000	$214,392
82	Engineering – Biomedical Engineering	45	45	$85,000	$178,935
83	Engineering – Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence	27	27	$85,000	$220,015
84	Marketing and Communications – Brand Marketing	25	25	$84,925	$261,414
85	Libraries – Information Technology	16	16	$84,492	$132,260
86	FAES – Dean-VP Operating	14	14	$84,234	$401,571
87	FAES – Agriculture Communication Education and Leadership	22	22	$84,178	$191,426
88	Dentistry – Pre-Doctoral Restorative and Prosthetic	74	74	$84,124	$206,574
89	ERIK – Research Development Office	10	10	$83,779	$230,676
90	Strategic Enrollment – Analysis and Reporting	19	19	$83,630	$154,661
91	ERIK – Office of Research Information Systems	22	22	$82,997	$173,122
92	OHTECH – OARnet Engineering Team	29	29	$82,160	$180,690
93	Advancement – Development General	72	72	$82,147	$280,834
94	Business and Finance – Office of the Controller	21	21	$82,000	$225,775
95	Human Resources – Employee and Labor Relations	18	18	$81,858	$269,231
96	ODEE – Learning Systems and Infrastructure	19	19	$81,054	$138,510
97	OCIO – Communications and Training	33	33	$81,054	$165,086
98	FAES – ATI Ag and Engineering Technologies	15	15	$79,965	$115,494
99	Student Life – Facility Planning and Design	10	10	$79,945	$116,000
100	Marketing and Communications – Strategic Marketing Communications	16	16	$79,863	$149,358

Largest combined base pay

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

#	Department	Positions	Median pay	Combined pay
1	Nursing – College Administration	334	$74,544	$28.33M
2	Medicine – Pediatrics	678	$29,062	$23.06M
3	Medicine – Pathology	282	$62,982	$19.94M
4	Medicine – Emergency Medicine	217	$62,982	$16.81M
5	Medicine – Psychiatry	273	$52,347	$16.69M
6	Arts and Sciences – Chemistry and Biochemistry Administration	195	$56,382	$14.75M
7	Medicine – Radiology	175	$66,800	$14.74M
8	Engineering – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	132	$104,992	$14.34M
9	Veterinary Medicine – Veterinary Clinical Sciences	140	$70,324	$13.53M
10	Medicine – Anesthesiology	239	$41,350	$13.23M
11	Medicine – Neurology	172	$61,949	$12.99M
12	Arts and Sciences – Physics Administration	139	$62,702	$12.15M
13	Medicine – IM Administration	185	$62,982	$12.14M
14	Medicine – Obstetrics and Gynecology	158	$63,981	$12.11M
15	Student Life – Dining Services	286	$36,878	$12.02M
16	Arts and Sciences – Mathematics	140	$70,601	$11.67M
17	Engineering – Electrical and Computer Engineering	103	$110,355	$11.04M
18	Medicine – Health and Rehabilitation Sciences	131	$78,082	$10.88M
19	Medicine – IM Cardiovascular Medicine	146	$66,486	$10.73M
20	Medicine – IM Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep	156	$56,706	$10.63M
21	Human Resources – Strategic Initiatives	111	$76,976	$10.34M
22	Engineering – Computer Science and Engineering	97	$119,500	$10.34M
23	EHE – Human Sciences Administration	131	$64,981	$10.28M
24	Advancement – Development Constituency Fundraising	106	$76,894	$10.14M
25	Medicine – IM Hematology	134	$55,154	$10.05M

Top-Paid Departments at Ohio State, 2022

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