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Filing year 2024

EMPIRE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC

Cortez, Colorado·EIN 84-6035888·12
Total revenue
$63M
Total assets
$128.4M
Total expenses
$62.9M
Reported officers
16
Mission

OUR PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SAFELY, RESPONSIBLY, AND RELIABLY MEET THE ELECTRICAL ENERGY NEEDS OF OUR MEMBER-OWNERS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 16 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
General Manager
officer (unspecified)
$354k
$377k
Operations Manager
key employee
$238k
$253k
Business Services Admin
highest compensated employee
$203k
$216k
Finance Manager
officer (unspecified)
$181k
$193k
Line Superintendent
highest compensated employee
$175k
$186k
System Technician
highest compensated employee
$174k
$186k
Working Foreman
highest compensated employee
$168k
$179k
Working Foreman
highest compensated employee
$167k
$177k
Board Member
board member
$21k
$22k
Board Member
board member
$20k
$21k
$16k
$17k
Vice President
vice president
$16k
$17k
Board Member
board member
$15k
$16k
Secretarytreasurer
officer (unspecified)
$15k
$16k
Board Member
board member
$8k
$8k
Board Member
board member
$7k
$8k

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.

Up 1%
from 2023

From $349k in 2023 to $354k in 2024.

$349k
2023
$354k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 1% in real terms$382k to $377k

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

EMPIRE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$61.3M
$61.4M
2023
$63M
$62.9M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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