Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2025	Ohio State University	Day Ryan	Head Coach-Major Sports	$13,387,554.36	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Day Ryan	Head Coach-Major Sports	$10,460,650.12	Ohio State University
2023	Ohio State University	Day Ryan	Head Coach-Major Sports	$9,173,462.62	Ohio State University
2022	Ohio State University	Day Ryan	Head Coach-Major Sports	$8,021,376.56	Ohio State University
2021	Ohio State University	Day Ryan	Head Coach-Major Sports	$5,951,221.47	Ohio State University
2018	Ohio State University	Meyer Urban F	Head Coach-Major Sports	$5,162,822.79	Ohio State University
2019	Ohio State University	Day Ryan Patrick	Head Coach-Major Sports	$4,949,533.76	Ohio State University
2020	Ohio State University	Day Ryan Patrick	Head Coach-Major Sports	$4,948,639.79	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Kelly Chip	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$4,280,937.54	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Warner John	Executive Vice President	$3,894,344.24	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Warner John	Executive Vice President	$3,864,500.08	Ohio State University
2023	Ohio State University	Holtmann Christopher	Head Coach-Major Sports	$3,235,733.44	Ohio State University
2022	Ohio State University	Holtmann Christopher	Head Coach-Major Sports	$3,108,721.18	Ohio State University
2019	Ohio State University	Holtmann Christopher A	Head Coach-Major Sports	$2,831,437.76	Ohio State University
2018	Ohio State University	Holtmann Christopher A	Head Coach-Major Sports	$2,825,624.52	Ohio State University
2023	Ohio State University	Smith Eugene	Director-Athletics	$2,788,222.04	Ohio State University
2021	Ohio State University	Holtmann Christopher	Head Coach-Major Sports	$2,773,232.20	Ohio State University
2023	Ohio State University	Warner John	Executive Vice President	$2,744,852.77	Ohio State University
2020	Ohio State University	Holtmann Christopher A	Head Coach-Major Sports	$2,711,054.50	Ohio State University
2022	Ohio State University	Smith Eugene	Director-Athletics	$2,672,800.02	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Hartline Brian	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$2,626,397.18	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Diebler Jacob	Head Coach-Major Sports	$2,564,400.06	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Knowles Jim	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$2,519,640.08	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Srinivasan Vishnu	Vice Pres & Chief Inv Officer	$2,466,529.20	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Walton Tim	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$2,401,266.67	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Patricia Matthew	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$2,374,677.49	Ohio State University
2023	Ohio State University	Knowles Jim	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$2,363,200.08	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Bjork Ross	Director-Athletics	$2,335,000.04	Ohio State University
2020	Ohio State University	Paz Harold	Exec Vice Pres & Chancellor	$2,307,367.12	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Holtmann Christopher	Head Coach-Major Sports	$2,181,925.48	Ohio State University
2023	Ohio State University	Srinivasan Vishnu	Vice Pres & Chief Inv Officer	$2,165,962.54	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Srinivasan Vishnu	Vice Pres & Chief Inv Officer	$2,141,825.16	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Diebler Jacob	Head Coach-Major Sports	$2,123,917.43	Ohio State University
2022	Ohio State University	Knowles Jim	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$2,105,974.08	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Bjork Ross	Director-Athletics	$2,083,623.04	Ohio State University
2021	Ohio State University	Smith Eugene	Director-Athletics	$2,047,362.84	Ohio State University
2021	Ohio State University	Coombs Kerry	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$2,027,965.23	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Smith Eugene	Director-Athletics	$2,020,331.26	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Anderson Jay	Chief Operating Officer (Hs)	$2,012,363.01	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Johnson Larry	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$2,009,200.04	Ohio State University
2021	Ohio State University	Wilson Kevin	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,939,760.66	Ohio State University
2020	Ohio State University	Smith Eugene Dubois	Director-Athletics	$1,890,128.10	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Holtmann Christopher	Head Coach-Major Sports	$1,881,999.96	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Hartline Brian	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,879,200.08	Ohio State University
2022	Ohio State University	Srinivasan Vishnu	Vice Pres & Chief Inv Officer	$1,826,263.14	Ohio State University
2023	Ohio State University	Tammaro Vincent	Vice President-Health Services	$1,760,880.08	Ohio State University
2023	Ohio State University	Hartline Brian	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,754,908.41	Ohio State University
2018	Ohio State University	Schiano Gregory E	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,751,023.34	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Xu David	Associate Professor - Clinical	$1,728,851.08	Ohio State University
2021	Ohio State University	Paz Harold	Exec Vice Pres & Chancellor	$1,727,530.02	Ohio State University
2022	Ohio State University	Larmore Mark	Vice President-Health Services	$1,691,057.60	Ohio State University
2019	Ohio State University	Yurcich Michael	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,647,585.24	Ohio State University
2022	Ohio State University	Wilson Kevin	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,645,200.04	Ohio State University
2021	Ohio State University	Johnson Larry	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,642,767.65	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Lonser Russell	Chair	$1,641,106.19	Ohio State University
2018	Ohio State University	Day Ryan Patrick	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,639,700.08	Ohio State University
2023	Ohio State University	Anderson Jay	Chief Operating Officer (Hs)	$1,631,675.79	Ohio State University
2021	Ohio State University	Larmore Mark	Vice President-Health Services	$1,626,177.28	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Tammaro Vincent	Vice President-Health Services	$1,624,538.00	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Carter Walter	President	$1,604,052.52	Ohio State University
2025	University of Akron	Benedict O'brien Alisa N	Head Men's Basketball Coach	$1,600,000.00	University of Akron
2019	Ohio State University	Smith Eugene Dubois	Director-Athletics	$1,593,886.82	Ohio State University
2019	Ohio State University	Matta Thad Michael	Head Coach-Major Sports	$1,591,969.80	Ohio State University
2018	Ohio State University	Larmore Mark E	Vice President-Health Services	$1,588,659.11	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Johnson Larry	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,586,170.84	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Carter Walter	President	$1,577,201.36	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Anderson Jay	Chief Operating Officer (Hs)	$1,566,301.22	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Walton Tim	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,543,866.71	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Lonser Russell	Chair	$1,529,058.30	Ohio State University
2022	Ohio State University	Eicher Michael	Senior Vice President	$1,525,773.44	Ohio State University
2018	Ohio State University	Smith Eugene Dubois	Director-Athletics	$1,523,527.15	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Pawlik Timothy	Chair	$1,517,402.22	Ohio State University
2018	Ohio State University	Matta Thad Michael	Head Coach-Major Sports	$1,516,969.80	Ohio State University
2022	Ohio State University	Anderson Jay	Chief Operating Officer (Hs)	$1,468,557.94	Ohio State University
2023	Ohio State University	Lonser Russell	Chair	$1,464,232.82	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Elder James	Professor	$1,453,608.52	Ohio State University
2018	Ohio State University	Mcquaid David Paul	Vice President	$1,435,402.72	Ohio State University
2023	Ohio State University	Johnson Larry	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,412,120.54	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Grossbach Andrew	Associate Professor - Clinical	$1,411,943.74	Ohio State University
2021	Ohio State University	Elder James	Associate Professor	$1,411,640.41	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Xu David	Associate Professor - Clinical	$1,411,467.97	Ohio State University
2021	Ohio State University	Lonser Russell	Chair	$1,409,178.74	Ohio State University
2021	Ohio State University	Srinivasan Vishnu	Vice Pres & Chief Inv Officer	$1,406,250.00	Ohio State University
2022	Ohio State University	Lonser Russell	Chair	$1,387,076.86	Ohio State University
2019	Ohio State University	Drake Michael V	President	$1,376,647.20	Ohio State University
2020	Ohio State University	Wilson Kevin R	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,373,241.67	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Marotti Michael	Asst. Ad - Football Sport Perf	$1,370,903.21	Ohio State University
2020	Ohio State University	Mattison Gregory	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,357,037.55	Ohio State University
2022	Ohio State University	Johnson Larry	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,332,810.04	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Bradford Carol	Dean	$1,330,083.19	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Cohn David	Professor	$1,325,245.66	Ohio State University
2020	Ohio State University	Coombs Kerry Spencer	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,323,158.02	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Bradford Carol	Dean	$1,315,394.72	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Pawlik Timothy	Chair	$1,313,161.38	Ohio State University
2024	Ohio State University	Eicher Michael	Senior Vice President	$1,300,851.08	Ohio State University
2020	Ohio State University	Eicher Michael C	Senior Vice President	$1,297,930.00	Ohio State University
2020	Ohio State University	Johnson Larry A	Assistant Coach-Major Sports	$1,297,870.88	Ohio State University
2025	Ohio State University	Tandon Amit	Professor - Clinical	$1,290,966.87	Ohio State University
2023	Ohio State University	Pawlik Timothy	Chair	$1,280,378.09	Ohio State University
2019	Ohio State University	Mcquaid David Paul	Vice President	$1,278,898.47	Ohio State University