Skip to main content
Filing year 2023

Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc

Bakersfield, California·EIN 95-6001765·NTEE A69Z · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$898k
Total assets
$485k
Total expenses
$1M
Reported officers
29
Mission

The mission of the Bakersfield Symphony is to unify and celebrate our diverse community through shared musical experiences and to provide students across Kern County, but especially those in rural and disadvantaged areas, every opportunity for quality musical, artistic, and educational experiences.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 2 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Dir.
officer (unspecified)
$106k
$116k
Music Director
director (operational)
$84k
$92k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 27 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Held steady
from 2022

From $106k in 2022 to $106k in 2023.

$106k
2022
$106k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 4% in real terms$121k to $116k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.2M
$1M
2022
$898k
$1M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in California

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $66,860.

25th percentile
$28k
Median
$66,860
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$221k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 630 organizations across 630 filings (2021 – 2023).

See full Arts, Culture & Humanities pay data for California
Free, forever
Build lists. Save your benchmarks.
A free Lucido account lets you build lists of nonprofits and save your search filters. No credit card.
Create free account
Already a member? Sign in
Build a benchmark

Compare any role, sector, or revenue band

Build your own benchmark from millions of reported positions.