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Filing year 2024

SHORT LINE SAFETY INSTITUTE

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 81-0740934·NTEE B90 · Education·3
Total revenue
$4.1M
Total assets
$525k
Total expenses
$4.1M
Reported officers
13
Mission

TO PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY CULTURE AND SAFETY CONFORMANCE OF SHORT LINE AND REGIONAL RAILROADS THROUGH ASSESSMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 6 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$364k
$387k
Base
$297k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$36k
Director of Safety Culture
highest compensated employee
$228k
$242k
Base
$162k
Bonus
$8k
Other
Benefits
$35k
Director of Administration
highest compensated employee
$215k
$228k
Base
$171k
Bonus
$9k
Other
Benefits
$14k
Director of Hazmat Trainin
highest compensated employee
$209k
$222k
Base
$169k
Bonus
$8k
Other
Benefits
$17k
Manager of Program Support
highest compensated employee
$152k
$162k
Base
$119k
Bonus
$7k
Other
Benefits
$15k
Manager of Research and or
highest compensated employee
$134k
$142k

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 Education

Down 2%
from 2023

From $371k in 2023 to $364k in 2024.

$371k
2023
$364k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 5% in real terms$407k to $387k

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

SHORT LINE SAFETY INSTITUTE reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.6M
$3.6M
2023
$4.1M
$4.1M
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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