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Filing year 2023

Pew Research Center

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 20-0881724·NTEE V05 · Social Science·3
Total revenue
$46.7M
Total assets
$54.2M
Total expenses
$50.6M
Reported officers
19

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 12 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
$565k
$620k
Executive Vice President
executive vice president
$406k
$445k
Vice President, Methods & Innovation
vice president
$338k
$371k
Vice President, Research
vice president
$320k
$351k
Director, Religion Research
highest compensated employee
$317k
$348k
Vice President, Communications
vice president
$310k
$340k
Director, Political Research
highest compensated employee
$304k
$334k
Director, Race & Ethnicity Research
highest compensated employee
$296k
$325k
Director, Social Trends Research
highest compensated employee
$291k
$319k
Dir, Legal Affairs & Corp Secretary
secretary (operational)
$289k
$317k
Dir, Fin Admin. & Corp Treasurer
$253k
$277k
Board Member & Pct SVP
board president
$57k
$62k

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 7 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Social Science

Up 5%
from 2022

From $540k in 2022 to $565k in 2023.

$540k
2022
$565k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 1% in real terms$611k to $620k

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

Pew Research Center reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$44M
$49M
2022
$46.7M
$50.6M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Social Science executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable social science organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $255,425.

25th percentile
$146k
Median
$255,425
75th percentile
$396k
90th percentile
$601k

These are social science sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 60 organizations across 60 filings (2022 – 2024).

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