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Filing year 2024

GOOD JOBS FIRST

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 82-0542649·NTEE B99 · Education·3
Total revenue
$2.4M
Total assets
$2.4M
Total expenses
$1.8M
Reported officers
11
Mission

GOOD JOBS FIRST IS A RESEARCH AND POLICY RESOURCE CENTER FOR CONSTITUENCY-BASED GROUPS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS SEEKING TO MAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND EFFECTIVE. WE ALSO PROMOTE CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND SMART GROWTH FOR WORKING FAMILIES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Deputy Exec Director
highest compensated employee
$185k
$197k
Base
$130k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$42k
Executive Director
$167k
$177k
Base
$149k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$2k
Research Director
highest compensated employee
$165k
$175k
Base
$142k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k

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 8 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 3%
from 2023

From $179k in 2023 to $185k in 2024.

$179k
2023
$185k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$197k to $197k

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

GOOD JOBS FIRST reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.9M
$1.4M
2023
$2.4M
$1.8M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable education organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $180,769.

25th percentile
$107k
Median
$180,769
75th percentile
$290k
90th percentile
$435k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 156 organizations across 156 filings (2022 – 2023).

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