Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $70k and $217k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $379k, roughly 2.7 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $378,572 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $216,683 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $142,611 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $70,325 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $16,337 | 10% of executives earn less than this |
How the package is built.
The typical pay structure across 29 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (48% of the 60 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 social science, ranked by typical pay.
The ten highest-paid social science CFOs by filing.
| # | Organization | Location | Total compensation | Filing year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | American Institutes For Research In The | Arlington, VA | $936,066 | 2024 |
| 02 | National Opinion Research Center | Chicago, IL | $759,234 | 2024 |
| 03 | American Economic Association | Nashville, TN | $415,194 | 2024 |
| 04 | American Psychological Association | Washington, DC | $407,496 | 2023 |
| 05 | Buck Institute For Research On Aging | Novato, CA | $406,149 | 2023 |
| 06 | Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundation | New York, NY | $391,475 | 2023 |
| 07 | Ithaka Harbors Inc | New York, NY | $377,138 | 2023 |
| 08 | Population Reference Bureau Inc | Washington, DC | $304,481 | 2023 |
| 09 | Innovations For Poverty Action | Washington, DC | $298,736 | 2023 |
| 10 | American Enterprise Institute For Public | Washington, DC | $263,371 | 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 social science nonprofits in that revenue band updates live.