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Filing year 2024

CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-1347628·6
Total revenue
$104.3M
Total assets
$311.1M
Total expenses
$94.2M
Reported officers
50
Mission

CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION ("CTIA") IS A NONPROFIT MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENTS THE U.S. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY, INCLUDING WIRELESS PROVIDERS, THEIR SUPPLIERS, AND OTHER PROVIDERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF WIRELESS SERVICES AND PRODUCTS. CTIA ADVOCATES ON THEIR BEHALF BEFORE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, CONGRESS, AND STATE REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE BODIES. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO COORDINATES THE INDUSTRY'S VOLUNTARY BEST PRACTICES, HOSTS EDUCATIONAL EVENTS THAT PROMOTE THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY AND CO-PRODUCES THE INDUSTRY'S WIRELESS TRADESHOW.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 15 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$6.2M
$6.6M
Base
$1.8M
Bonus
$1.6M
Other
$2.7M
Benefits
$64k
Executive Vice President
executive vice president
$1.9M
$2M
Base
$863k
Bonus
$964k
Other
Benefits
$48k
$995k
$1.1M
Base
$667k
Bonus
$242k
Other
Benefits
$42k
Senior Counsel (as of 06/2024)
key employee
$921k
$978k
Base
$654k
Bonus
$192k
Other
Benefits
$32k
Svp, External & State Affairs
senior vice president
$914k
$970k
Base
$642k
Bonus
$190k
Other
Benefits
$41k
Svp, Gov't Affairs
senior vice president
$909k
$965k
Base
$636k
Bonus
$192k
Other
Benefits
$36k
Svp, Reg Affairs
senior vice president
$835k
$887k
Base
$566k
Bonus
$172k
Other
Benefits
$53k
Svp, CTO
senior vice president
$807k
$857k
Base
$555k
Bonus
$161k
Other
Benefits
$48k
Svp, Gen Counsel (as of 06/24)
senior vice president
$730k
$775k
Base
$573k
Bonus
$65k
Other
Benefits
$48k
Vp, Cybersecurity
vice president
$646k
$686k
Base
$436k
Bonus
$125k
Other
Benefits
$41k
Svp, Cco
senior vice president
$607k
$644k
Base
$393k
Bonus
$124k
Other
Benefits
$47k
Vp, Research
vice president
$561k
$595k
Base
$380k
Bonus
$99k
Other
Benefits
$39k
Vp, External & State Affairs
vice president
$550k
$584k
Base
$357k
Bonus
$102k
Other
Benefits
$48k
Vp, Strategic Industry Program
vice president
$529k
$561k
Base
$351k
Bonus
$109k
Other
Benefits
$25k
Vp, Technology
vice president
$520k
$552k
Base
$342k
Bonus
$90k
Other
Benefits
$45k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 35 unpaid individuals.

Up 46%
from 2023

From $4.3M in 2023 to $6.2M in 2024.

$4.3M
2023
$6.2M
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 41% in real terms$4.7M to $6.6M

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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

CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$99M
$94.7M
2023
$104.3M
$94.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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