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Filing year 2023

CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC

Cambridge, Massachusetts·EIN 04-2505372·NTEE U400 · Science & Technology·3
Total revenue
$871.1M
Total assets
$817M
Total expenses
$830.2M
Reported officers
25
Mission

DRAPER'S ENGINEERS DESIGN, DEVELOP AND DEPLOY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR THE WORLD'S MOST DIFFICULT AND IMPORTANT PROBLEMS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 24 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
President and CEO
$1.8M
$1.9M
Cfo, Treasurer - End March 2024
$785k
$865k
Vp, Chief Sec. Off. - Beg July 2023
vice president
$597k
$657k
Vice President, Engineering
vice president
$580k
$639k
Vp, Strategic Systems Programs
vice president
$551k
$607k
Vp, Usaf & Mda Strategic Systems
vice president
$542k
$597k
Vice President, Electronic Systems
vice president
$525k
$578k
Vp, Contracts
vice president
$515k
$567k
Vp, Ops & Comm Prog - End Jul 2023
vice president
$500k
$550k
Secretary, VP & Gen Counsel
vice president
$448k
$494k
Chief Operating Officer
$417k
$460k
Fmr Vp, Ntl. Sec. & Space
vice president
$164k
$180k
Fmr Prin Dir., Spec Prog
former officer/director/trustee
$146k
$161k
Chairman
board chair
$100k
$110k
Director
board member
$59k
$65k
Director
board member
$55k
$61k
Director
board member
$55k
$61k
Chairman
board chair
$55k
$61k
Director
board member
$50k
$55k
Director
board member
$50k
$55k
Director
board member
$50k
$55k
Director
board member
$50k
$55k
Director
board member
$50k
$55k
Director
board member
$50k
$55k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 1 unpaid individual.

Browse compensation in Science & Technology

Up 110%
from 2022

From $840k in 2022 to $1.8M in 2023.

$840k
2022
$1.8M
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 103% in real terms$959k to $1.9M

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, 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

CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$764.6M
$730.4M
2022
$871.1M
$830.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Science & Technology executives earn in Massachusetts

Comparable science & technology organizations in Massachusetts pay their highest-earning executive a median of $137,143.

25th percentile
$53k
Median
$137,143
75th percentile
$242k
90th percentile
$334k

These are science & technology sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 62 organizations across 62 filings (2022 – 2024).

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