Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $45k and $200k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $301k, roughly 2.4 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $300,770 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $199,961 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $125,723 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $44,768 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $14,479 | 10% of executives earn less than this |
How the package is built.
The typical pay structure across 1,387 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (40% of the 3,458 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.
Connecticut pays $87,992 more than the median CFO compensation in education nationally.
The ten highest-paid education CFOs by filing.
| # | Organization | Location | Total compensation | Filing year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | California Institute Of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $1,109,598 | 2023 |
| 02 | Ecmc Group Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $1,023,130 | 2023 |
| 03 | Educational Testing Service | Princeton, NJ | $1,021,524 | 2023 |
| 04 | Charlotte Country Day School | Charlotte, NC | $925,202 | 2024 |
| 05 | Wake Forest University Health Sciences | Winstonsalem, NC | $923,316 | 2023 |
| 06 | Accreditation Council For Graduate | Chicago, IL | $920,118 | 2023 |
| 07 | New York University | New York, NY | $909,334 | 2023 |
| 08 | Oclc Inc | Dublin, OH | $873,061 | 2023 |
| 09 | Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $812,538 | 2023 |
| 10 | Gemological Institute Of America Inc | Carlsbad, CA | $727,784 | 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 education nonprofits in that revenue band updates live.