Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $43k and $232k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $400k, roughly 3.0 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $399,611 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $232,382 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $131,618 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $43,077 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $20,143 | 10% of executives earn less than this |
How the package is built.
The typical pay structure across 85 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (42% of the 202 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 medical research, ranked by typical pay.
The ten highest-paid medical research CFOs by filing.
| # | Organization | Location | Total compensation | Filing year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | Boston, MA | $1,149,016 | 2023 |
| 02 | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Inc | San Francisco, CA | $823,868 | 2023 |
| 03 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Chevy Chase, MD | $688,661 | 2023 |
| 04 | The Jackson Laboratory | Bar Harbor, ME | $657,102 | 2023 |
| 05 | Allen Institute | Seattle, WA | $624,809 | 2024 |
| 06 | Riverside Research Institute | Fairfax, VA | $577,237 | 2024 |
| 07 | Medicines360 | San Francisco, CA | $558,423 | 2023 |
| 08 | The Scripps Research Institute | La Jolla, CA | $531,067 | 2023 |
| 09 | Global Alliance For Tb Drug Development Inc | New York, NY | $511,320 | 2023 |
| 10 | The Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $494,984 | 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 medical research nonprofits in that revenue band updates live.