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Filing year 2024

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 47-1530026·5
Total revenue
$1.1M
Total assets
$501k
Total expenses
$949k
Reported officers
8
Mission

IMPROVE THE STATUS OF THE PROFESSORS AND TEACHERS IN THE LOCAL'S JURISDICTION

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Percentile bands compare each position's total pay with the same role at nonprofits nationwide, across all sectors.

Senior Staff Organizer
Highest Compensated Employee
25th percentile to median
$152k
$163k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 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.

Climbed 22%
over 2 years

From $125k in 2022 to $152k in 2024.

$125k
2022
$156k
2023
$152k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 14% in real terms$143k to $163k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Pay for the position

Highest Compensated Employee pay rose 22% from 2022 to 2024, while revenue rose 11%.

$125k in 2022 to $152k in 2024.

Pay for the position itself, not any one person. The officeholder may have changed between 2022 and 2024.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS reported revenue and expenses across 3 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1M
$868k
2022
$1.1M
$971k
2023
$1.1M
$949k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
FAQ

Common questions about AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

What does the Highest Compensated Employee of AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS earn?

In 2024, the Highest Compensated Employee of AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS received $152,078 in total compensation. This pay is below the median (the midpoint) for Highest Compensated Employee roles among nonprofits nationwide, across all sectors, but above the bottom quarter of comparable filings. Based on IRS Form 990 data.

How does Highest Compensated Employee pay at AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS compare with similar nonprofits?

Compared with the same role at nonprofits nationwide, across all sectors, the 2024 pay of the Highest Compensated Employee at AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What are AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS's revenue and expenses?

In 2024, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS reported $1.1M in total revenue and $949k in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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