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Filing year 2024

PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE

Alhambra, California·EIN 68-0492065·NTEE U20 · Science & Technology·3
Total revenue
$41.3M
Total assets
$32.8M
Total expenses
$37M
Reported officers
23
Mission

PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 11 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Chief Executive Officer
$543k
$581k
Base
$439k
Bonus
$64k
Other
Benefits
$27k
Chief of Staff and Chief Marketing and Communicati
key employee
$350k
$374k
Base
$311k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$27k
Publisher & Exec Editor
key employee
$340k
$364k
Base
$314k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Chief Financial Officer
$330k
$353k
Base
$298k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$22k
Chief Digital Officer
highest compensated employee
$248k
$265k
Base
$204k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$24k
Prin. Sw Engineer, Platform & Eng
highest compensated employee
$232k
$248k
Base
$202k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$22k
Gen. Counsel & Corporate Secretary
secretary (operational)
$230k
$246k
Base
$210k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Senior Manager, Strategic Research
highest compensated employee
$218k
$233k
Base
$209k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$185
Controller (thru 04/24)
highest compensated employee
$213k
$228k
Base
$90k
Bonus
Other
$111k
Benefits
$9k
Chief Publishing Officer
highest compensated employee
$211k
$225k
Base
$204k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$5k
Executive Director Research and Mgmt(thru 01/2024)
$104k
$111k
Base
$42k
Bonus
Other
$59k
Benefits
$1k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 12 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Science & Technology

Up 5%
from 2023

From $516k in 2023 to $543k in 2024.

$516k
2023
$543k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 2% in real terms$570k to $581k

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 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

PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$33M
$34.9M
2023
$41.3M
$37M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Science & Technology executives earn in California

Comparable science & technology organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $110,249.

25th percentile
$25k
Median
$110,249
75th percentile
$216k
90th percentile
$360k

These are science & technology sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 50 organizations across 50 filings (2022 – 2023).

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