Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $120k and $314k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $451k, roughly 2.1 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $451,359 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $314,101 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $211,850 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $119,656 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $60,086 | 10% of executives earn less than this |
How the package is built.
The typical pay structure across 69 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (67% of the 103 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 COOs in medical research, ranked by typical pay.
The ten highest-paid medical research COOs by filing.
| # | Organization | Location | Total compensation | Filing year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Chevy Chase, MD | $1,524,909 | 2023 |
| 02 | Arc Research Institute | Palo Alto, CA | $1,216,916 | 2024 |
| 03 | The Scripps Research Institute | La Jolla, CA | $862,844 | 2023 |
| 04 | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Inc | San Francisco, CA | $782,210 | 2024 |
| 05 | The Translational Genomics Research Institute | Phoenix, AZ | $749,378 | 2023 |
| 06 | The J David Gladstone Institutes | San Francisco, CA | $713,836 | 2024 |
| 07 | Transcelerate Biopharma Inc | West Conshohocken, PA | $636,164 | 2024 |
| 08 | Advancium Health Network | New York, NY | $610,720 | 2023 |
| 09 | Wellcome Leap Inc | San Diego, CA | $601,923 | 2023 |
| 10 | The Broad Institute Inc | Cambridge, MA | $565,328 | 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 COO compensation for medical research nonprofits in that revenue band updates live.
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- How much does a Medical Research nonprofit COO make?
- The median total compensation for a COO at a medical research nonprofit is $211,850, based on 103 organizations in IRS Form 990 filings. The middle 50% fall between $119,656 and $314,101.
- What is the salary range for a COO in Medical Research nonprofits?
- Pay ranges from $119,656 at the 25th percentile to $314,101 at the 75th and $451,359 at the 90th. The spread reflects differences in organization size, budget, and region within the sector.
- Is this Medical Research compensation data reliable?
- Yes. It comes from IRS Form 990 filings, legal documents filed under penalty of perjury, not self-reported surveys. Figures cover 103 medical research nonprofits reporting a COO.
- Why does Medical Research nonprofit COO pay differ from other sectors?
- Compensation reflects the typical organization size, revenue, and operating complexity of each sector. Larger, better-funded medical research organizations pull the upper percentiles higher, while smaller ones anchor the lower end.