Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare CEOs were paid between 189 and 452 times more than the health system's median employee between 2019 and 2023, according to proxy statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tenet identifies the median compensated employee using total gross wages earned during the calendar year and pay is annualized for permanent employees who are not employed for a full year.
Ronald Rittenmeyer served as Tenet's CEO in 2019 and 2020. Saum Sutaria, MD, has served as the health system's chief executive since 2021.
Here is how the CEO-to-worker median pay ratio has changed the past five years:
2019
Total CEO compensation: $24,288,660
Median employee compensation: $53,714
Ratio: 452 to 1
2020
Total CEO compensation: $16,675,529
Median employee compensation: $54,501
Ratio: 306 to 1
2021
Total CEO compensation: $21,153,671
Median employee compensation: $55,245
Ratio: 383 to 1
2022
Total CEO compensation: $11,047,128
Median employee compensation: $58,435
Ratio: 189 to 1
2023
Total CEO compensation: $18,518,109
Median employee compensation: $60,633
Ratio: 305 to 1