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Filing year 2023

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Redmond, Washington·EIN 14-1889101·NTEE B99 · Education·3
Total revenue
$6.1M
Total assets
$13.8M
Total expenses
$5.4M
Reported officers
29
Mission

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$527k
$583k
Base
$503k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$2k
Executive VP
executive vice president
$298k
$330k
Base
$258k
Bonus
$3k
Other
Benefits
$15k
Senior VP
senior vice president
$265k
$294k
Base
$229k
Bonus
$2k
Other
Benefits
$16k
Senior VP
senior vice president
$256k
$284k
Base
$216k
Bonus
$3k
Other
Benefits
$15k
Senior VP
senior vice president
$249k
$275k
Base
$209k
Bonus
$2k
Other
Benefits
$15k
VP Data
vice president
$246k
$272k
Base
$210k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Senior VP Legal
senior vice president
$221k
$244k
Base
$185k
Bonus
$2k
Other
Benefits
$14k
Dir. of IT
unclassified
$145k
$160k
Dir. of Planning
unclassified
$141k
$156k
Chief of Staff
unclassified
$137k
$152k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 19 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 4%
from 2022

From $509k in 2022 to $527k in 2023.

$509k
2022
$527k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 2% in real terms$596k to $583k

Estimated with Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 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

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$5.8M
$5.1M
2022
$6.1M
$5.4M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Washington

Comparable education organizations in Washington pay their highest-earning executive a median of $105,628.

25th percentile
$51k
Median
$105,628
75th percentile
$175k
90th percentile
$356k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 214 organizations across 214 filings (2021 – 2023).

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