20 Employees of USC Take Home $257 Million in Compensation

20 of the most highly compensated employees in 2024 at the University of Southern California (USC) –  a privately funded research university (not publicly funded like many state universities ) with about 47,000 students (21,000 undergrads and 26,000 graduate and professional students) where annual tuition, room and board is about $100,000 or about $400,000 for a 4-year degree – received $257 million from 2017-2024 (note:  this list does not include any high compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2023 but not in 2024):

Lincoln Riley:  Total Compensation 2023-2024:  $31 million

• 2024:  $11,537,560
• 2023:  $19,659,862

Carol L Folt:  Total Compensation 2020-2024:  $17 million

• 2024:  $4,981,275
• 2023:  $4,628,109
• 2022: $3,895,165
• 2021:  $2,376,361
• 2020:  $1,314,129

Eric Brink:  Total Compensation 2024:  $1 million

• 2024:  $1,448,929

Andy Endfield:  Total Compensation 2018-2024:  $26 million

• 2024:  $4,691,107
• 2023:  $4,204,107
• 2022: $3,806,389
• 2021:  $3,511,285
• 2020:  $3,354,315
• 2019:  $3,126,772
• 2018:  $2,789,148

Charles Helton:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $33 million

• 2024:  $4,250,000
• 2023:  $3,987,310
• 2022: $4,686,865
• 2021:  $4,789,082
• 2020:  $4,813,832
• 2019:  $4,569,507
• 2018:  $3,218,935
• 2017:  $2,625,965

Vaughn Starnes:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $26 million

• 2024:  $3,889,780
• 2023:  $3,801,525
• 2022: $3,436,981
• 2021:  $3,047,634
• 2020:  $3,156,691
• 2019:  $2,951,076
• 2018:  $2,832,168
• 2017:  $2,896,328

Louis A Vandermolen:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $23 million

• 2024:  $4,031,824
• 2023:  $3,749,856
• 2022: $3,048,591
• 2021:  $2,677,939
• 2020:  $2,714,873
• 2019:  $2,351,253
• 2018:  $2,214,130
• 2017:  $2,471,856

Steven D Shapiro:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $9 million

• 2024:  $3,317,744
• 2023:  $3,430,161
• 2022: $1,881,400

Chrysostomos L Nikias:  Total Compensation 2017-20234  $25 million

• 2024:  $  884,586
• 2023:  $3,101,492
• 2022: $1,301,870
• 2021:  $1,654,049
• 2020:  $5,276,566
• 2019:  $7,654,938
• 2018:  $2,963,958
• 2017:  $2,408,747

Charles Zukoski:  Total Compensation 2020-2024:  $6 million

• 2024:  $1,192,059
• 2023:  $2,199,544
• 2022:  $1,165,409
• 2021:  $1,176,696
• 2020:  $  227,255

Rod Hanners:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $7 million

• 2024:  $2,347,640
• 2023:  $2,064,680
• 2022: $1,661,243
• 2021:  $1,410,593

James Staten:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $15 million

• 2024:  $  658,442
• 2023:  $1,995,159
• 2022: $2,517,247
• 2021:  $2,092,229
• 2020:  $2,130,233
• 2019:  $1,939,239
• 2018:  $1,957,637
• 2017:  $1,578,803

Amy Diamond:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $6 million

• 2024:  $1,975,902
• 2023:  $1,829,822
• 2022: $2,099,985

Felicia Washington:  Total Compensation 2020-2024:  $6 million

• 2024:  $1,525,314
• 2023:  $1,521,387
• 2022: $1,231,832
• 2021:  $1,149,350
• 2020:  $  356,253

Beong-S00 Kim:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $5 million

• 2024:  $1,510,140
• 2023:  $1,413,546
• 2022: $1,214,028
• 2021:  $  469,002

Carolyn Meltzer:  Total Compensation 2023-2024:  $3 million

• 2024:  $1,659,286
• 2023:  $1,315,907

Geoffrey Garrett:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $4 million

• 2024:  $1,281,250
• 2023:  $1,233,888
• 2022: $1,241,563
• 2021:  $  659,658

Laura Mosqueda:  Total Compensation 2018-2024:  $7 million

• 2024:  $  975,481
• 2023:  $1,105,272
• 2022:  $1,088,299
• 2021:  $1,092,223
• 2020:  $1,073,218
• 2019:  $1,063,278
• 2018:  $  564,660

Jennifer Cohen:  Total Compensation  2024:  $3 million

• 2024:  $3,095,208

David Wright:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $4 million

• 2024:  $898,700
• 2023:  $868,231
• 2022:  $721,645
• 2021:  $758,301
• 2020:  $726,566
• 2019:  $503,278