Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $106k and $240k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $396k, roughly 2.5 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $395,876 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $239,538 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $159,220 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $106,487 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $29,600 | 10% of executives earn less than this |
How the package is built.
The typical pay structure across 231 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (51% of the 456 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.
New York pays $34,124 more than the median Development Director compensation in health care nationally.
The ten highest-paid health care Development Directors by filing.
| # | Organization | Location | Total compensation | Filing year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Highmark Health | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,236,215 | 2023 |
| 02 | Advocate Aurora Health Inc | Oak Brook, IL | $3,704,370 | 2024 |
| 03 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $2,148,759 | 2024 |
| 04 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $1,991,902 | 2023 |
| 05 | Memorial Hermann Health System | Houston, TX | $1,320,291 | 2023 |
| 06 | The New York And Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY | $1,258,204 | 2023 |
| 07 | Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital Of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,239,203 | 2023 |
| 08 | Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $1,145,219 | 2024 |
| 09 | Lehigh Valley Hospital | Allentown, PA | $1,104,277 | 2023 |
| 10 | Northwell Health Foundation | Westbury, NY | $1,072,869 | 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 Development Director compensation for health care nonprofits in that revenue band updates live.
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- How much does a Health Care nonprofit Development Director make?
- The median total compensation for a Development Director at a health care nonprofit is $159,220, based on 456 organizations in IRS Form 990 filings. The middle 50% fall between $106,487 and $239,538.
- What is the salary range for a Development Director in Health Care nonprofits?
- Pay ranges from $106,487 at the 25th percentile to $239,538 at the 75th and $395,876 at the 90th. The spread reflects differences in organization size, budget, and region within the sector.
- Is this Health Care compensation data reliable?
- Yes. It comes from IRS Form 990 filings, legal documents filed under penalty of perjury, not self-reported surveys. Figures cover 456 health care nonprofits reporting a Development Director.
- Why does Health Care nonprofit Development Director pay differ from other sectors?
- Compensation reflects the typical organization size, revenue, and operating complexity of each sector. Larger, better-funded health care organizations pull the upper percentiles higher, while smaller ones anchor the lower end.