OSU Salaries 21-25

Top-Paid Job Titles at Ohio State, 2021

Job titles ranked by median annualized base pay in the September 30, 2021 file. Only the 895 titles held by at least 5 positions are ranked, so one-off titles do not skew the list. The list shows the top 100. Base pay only, not total compensation.

Highest median base pay

#Job titlePositionsMedian payHighest pay
1Assistant Coach-Major Sports16$550,000$1,400,000
2Senior Vice President5$475,000$767,828
3Vice President11$372,300$537,716
4Physician - Anesthesiology9$341,000$394,467
5Dean22$325,793$906,400
6Executive Director (HS)5$319,216$402,675
7Vice Provost7$273,840$317,034
8Chair35$264,016$530,200
9Physician (HS)7$234,040$528,400
10Distinguished University Prof (9M)14$230,653$413,212
11Associate Vice President32$227,893$362,250
12Physician1,352$226,067$790,000
13ACNO (HS)6$204,905$231,750
14Chief Administrative Officer8$194,668$266,602
15Physician - Hematology6$191,720$390,000
16Assistant Vice President17$190,092$282,534
17Associate Dean38$190,061$300,056
18Sr Associate General Counsel13$183,369$236,012
19Executive Director13$179,821$414,356
20Perfusionist-Senior (HS)5$179,666$179,666
21Sr. Associate General Counsel (HS)5$178,984$180,688
22Dir-Health System Informatics (HS)5$176,400$181,314
23Radiation Physicist (HS)16$173,052$198,897
24Admini Dir-Univ Hospitals (HS)7$171,937$220,990
25Senior Assoc Dir-Athletics7$170,000$300,000
26Nurse Anesthetist (HS)77$169,478$218,317
27Associate Director-Pharmacy (HS)8$166,990$188,119
28Mgr 5, HR Business Partners5$166,951$194,126
29Chair (9M)41$165,777$327,742
30Head Coach28$163,425$484,312
31Anesthesiologist Assistant (HS)14$159,390$210,205
32Director - Clinical Operations (HS)5$150,800$158,060
33Hospital Controller (HS)6$150,775$157,207
34Physician - Pathology5$149,933$149,933
35Director-A533$148,768$349,831
36Manager - Advanced Practice (HS)17$146,260$160,163
37Professor364$144,758$820,551
38Pharmacy Manager (HS)11$143,945$170,074
39Perfusionist (HS)8$143,272$164,623
40Director-Patient Access Svcs (HS)6$140,740$143,840
41Specialty Practice Pharm Lead (HS)10$140,538$162,595
42Administrator - Service Line (HS)5$140,490$166,732
43Finance Director9$140,004$167,345
44Associate Director-Athletics13$140,000$182,963
45Retail Pharmacist Lead (HS)6$135,501$152,213
46Staff Pharmacist-NE-Nights (HS)13$133,702$146,765
47Director - Nursing (HS)11$132,870$143,005
48Assistant Dean9$132,600$225,314
49Dentist-Health Services5$132,414$164,965
50Professor (9M)825$131,348$579,499
51Mgr 3, HR Business Partners20$129,609$166,410
52Spec Practice Pharm - Rotation (HS)7$129,187$149,395
53Professor - Clinical (9M)16$129,154$147,780
54Director-00232$128,978$801,150
55Manager 3, Talent Acquisition7$128,763$140,601
56Associate General Counsel (HS)5$128,750$149,713
57Commodity Manager-Senior (HS)7$128,712$133,340
58Nurse Manager, Periop (HS)7$126,999$131,840
59Senior Associate Director10$126,810$167,688
60Mgr-Health System Informatics (HS)7$126,690$132,079
61Assistant Vice Provost7$125,083$188,808
62Associate Director-Periop (HS)6$124,790$135,850
63Director-A4 (HS)10$123,879$138,239
64Research Associate Professor27$123,600$226,008
65Adv Practice Lead - Rotation (HS)7$122,728$139,049
66Clinical Apps Pharmacist (HS)19$122,512$142,683
67Administrator-Medical Center26$122,400$255,988
68IT Security Architect (HS)5$122,107$125,343
69Dir - Marketing Communications (HS)5$121,190$123,900
70Clinical Nurse Specialist (HS)26$120,640$120,640
71Dosimetrist - Lead (HS)5$120,621$149,210
72Advanced Practice Lead (HS)32$120,430$140,101
73Associate Director-Nursing (HS)6$120,031$140,740
74Supervisor-Athletic Condition7$120,000$211,533
75Research Professor14$119,652$213,032
76Specialty Practice Pharmacist (HS)100$119,443$151,280
77Research Pharmacist (HS)6$119,182$138,914
78Director-A497$119,046$205,420
79Assoc Dir - Rehab Services (HS)7$118,671$135,574
80Retail Pharmacist (HS)14$118,157$148,357
81Nurse Practitioner - Nocturnal (HS)27$118,026$147,937
82Associate Dean (9M)13$117,977$226,646
83Specialty Practice Pharm-Float (HS)7$116,893$126,799
84Senior Systems Manager-Sap72$116,164$150,504
85Senior Director of Development48$115,299$205,500
86Sr. IT Project Manager (HS)6$115,047$134,452
87Univ Law Enfrcment Offcr Spvsr8$114,254$116,334
88Manager - Strategic Analytics (HS)5$113,300$126,175
89Physician Assistant -Nocturnal (HS)5$113,197$128,000
90Database Engineer (HS)8$112,787$117,613
91Assistant Dean-Staff27$112,199$258,959
92Associate Professor288$112,165$297,520
93Sr. Data Warehousing Analyst (HS)6$112,025$118,845
94Assist Dir-Clinical Research7$111,816$122,176
95HR Business Partner 513$111,492$133,753
96Clinical Apps Consultant (HS)38$110,487$135,410
97Advanced Practice- Specialty (HS)6$110,454$130,702
98Staff Pharmacist-Non-exempt (HS)94$109,940$138,424
99Senior Tech Licensing Officer8$109,254$120,074
100Manager - PCRM (HS)6$108,660$120,828

Titles with the highest single base pay

The 25 job titles that include the highest-paid individual positions, whatever the title’s median.

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