Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $56k and $157k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $213k, roughly 1.8 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $213,125 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $156,754 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $118,170 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $55,895 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $11,689 | 10% of executives earn less than this |
How the package is built.
The typical pay structure across 97 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (29% of the 337 orgs in this slice). Each share is the average across orgs of the fraction of total comp that goes to this component, so the bar fills 100%.
The number in context.
Every row links to its own dedicated benchmark page.
All figures are median total reported compensation · IRS Form 990, Schedule J
Pay varies by state.
State-level medians for CFOs in crime & legal-related, ranked by typical pay.
The ten highest-paid crime & legal-related CFOs by filing.
| # | Organization | Location | Total compensation | Filing year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | American Arbitration Association Inc | New York, NY | $541,757 | 2024 |
| 02 | Justice Resource Institute Inc | Needham, MA | $520,918 | 2023 |
| 03 | Criminal Justice Reform Foundation | New York, NY | $487,880 | 2024 |
| 04 | Arbitration Forums Inc | Tampa, FL | $461,978 | 2023 |
| 05 | Nexus Family Healing | Plymouth, MN | $409,155 | 2023 |
| 06 | Kind Inc | Washington, DC | $364,795 | 2023 |
| 07 | Police Executive Research Forum | Washington, DC | $332,658 | 2024 |
| 08 | National Law Enforcement | Phoenix, AZ | $331,324 | 2023 |
| 09 | American Law Institute | Philadelphia, PA | $315,706 | 2023 |
| 10 | Pacific Legal Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $313,829 | 2023 |
Total includes base, bonus, other reportable, and deferred/retirement compensation per Schedule J.
What does a $X org pay?
Adjust the slider to your organization's revenue. The median CFO compensation for crime & legal-related nonprofits in that revenue band updates live.