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Updated through 2024NTEE P · Human Services

Human Services nonprofit Senior Vice President salaries

Based on 302 organizations from 2021 – 2024. Each org counted once at its most recent filing. Sourced directly from IRS Form 990, Schedule J.

Median total compensation
$162,945
The median human services senior vice president earns $162,945 in total reported compensation.
Median across all 302 human services nonprofits filing a Form 990, from the smallest to the largest
25th pct
$53k
75th pct
$237k
90th pct
$341k
302 organizations · 2021 – 2024
Percentile distribution

Where the middle 50% lands.

Half earn between $53k and $237k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $341k, roughly 2.1 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.

PercentileTotal compMeans
90th$340,530Top 10% of earners
75th$236,58025% earn more than this
50th · median$162,945The typical executive
25th$53,38725% earn less than this
10th$23,44810% of executives earn less than this
How pay is structured

How the package is built.

The typical pay structure across 169 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (56% of the 302 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%.

$222,517
typical total · 2024
Median total compensation in the subset. The dollar amounts below show what each share works out to on a package this size.
79%
Base salary
78.8% of total
$175,343
Bonus & incentive
4.8% of total
$10,681
Retirement & deferred
4.6% of total
$10,236
Benefits
6.2% of total
$13,796
Other reportable
2.8% of total
$6,230
Shares are averaged across organizations, so they sum to ~100%. Dollar amounts are illustrative (share% of typical total) and don't reflect any specific org.
How this compares

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

Geography

Pay varies by state.

New York pays $35,373 more than the median Senior Vice President compensation in human services nationally.

Top 10 states · Human Services Senior Vice President median
01
New York
54 orgs
$198,318
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Top-paying organizations

The ten highest-paid human services Senior Vice Presidents by filing.

#OrganizationLocationTotal compensationFiling year
01Scan GroupLong Beach, CA$1,080,9442023
02Samaritan Health ServicesCorvallis, OR$765,2352023
03MatherEvanston, IL$729,9562023
04Aarp FoundationWashington, DC$698,1812023
05Northeast Pennsylvania Center For Independent LivingScranton, PA$591,7482023
06American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters And BranchesWashington, DC$557,7142023
07Woods Services IncLanghorne, PA$516,0332023
08Young Men'S Christian Association Of Greater New YorkNew York, NY$514,0712024
09Elwyn Of Pennsylvania And DelawareElwyn, PA$484,6332023
10Visiting Nurse Service Of New York Hospice CareNew York, NY$484,3402024

Total includes base, bonus, other reportable, and deferred/retirement compensation per Schedule J.

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~$72M
annual revenue
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Median Senior Vice President comp · $10M – $100M
$172,767
167 organizations in this band
Percentile range for your band
25th percentile$100,205
50th percentile$172,767
75th percentile$255,695
Questions

Human Services Senior Vice President pay, answered

How much does a Human Services nonprofit Senior Vice President make?
The median total compensation for a Senior Vice President at a human services nonprofit is $162,945, based on 302 organizations in IRS Form 990 filings. The middle 50% fall between $53,387 and $236,580.
What is the salary range for a Senior Vice President in Human Services nonprofits?
Pay ranges from $53,387 at the 25th percentile to $236,580 at the 75th and $340,530 at the 90th. The spread reflects differences in organization size, budget, and region within the sector.
Is this Human Services compensation data reliable?
Yes. It comes from IRS Form 990 filings, legal documents filed under penalty of perjury, not self-reported surveys. Figures cover 302 human services nonprofits reporting a Senior Vice President.
Why does Human Services nonprofit Senior Vice President pay differ from other sectors?
Compensation reflects the typical organization size, revenue, and operating complexity of each sector. Larger, better-funded human services organizations pull the upper percentiles higher, while smaller ones anchor the lower end.