Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $115k and $321k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $437k, roughly 2.2 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $437,211 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $321,400 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $197,114 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $115,044 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $57,985 | 10% of executives earn less than this |
How the package is built.
The typical pay structure across 61 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (64% of the 96 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 | The Scripps Research Institute | La Jolla, CA | $862,844 | 2023 |
| 03 | Arc Research Institute | Palo Alto, CA | $777,341 | 2023 |
| 04 | The Translational Genomics Research Institute | Phoenix, AZ | $749,378 | 2023 |
| 05 | The J David Gladstone Institutes | San Francisco, CA | $693,806 | 2023 |
| 06 | Advancium Health Network | New York, NY | $610,720 | 2023 |
| 07 | Wellcome Leap Inc | San Diego, CA | $601,923 | 2023 |
| 08 | Alliance For Regenerative Medicine | Washington, DC | $451,865 | 2024 |
| 09 | The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc | Columbia, MD | $449,336 | 2024 |
| 10 | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Inc | San Francisco, CA | $419,037 | 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.