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Filing year 2022

WESTERN PIEDMONT COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

Hickory, North Carolina·EIN 56-0955853·NTEE W00O · Public & Societal Benefit·3
Total revenue
$19.8M
Total assets
$9.4M
Total expenses
$20M
Reported officers
39
Mission

THE ORGANIZATION SHALL SERVE ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS IN ALEXANDER, BURKE, CALDWELL AND CATAWBA COUNTIES WITH PROFESSIONAL, COST-EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE ON A VARIETY OF LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE AND FEDERAL ISSUES AND PROGRAMS

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 4 reported individuals · Filing year 2022

Executive Director
$178k
$203k
Base
$178k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Asst Executive Director
$140k
$160k
Base
$140k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Director of Finance
$105k
$120k
Director of HR
highest compensated employee
$103k
$117k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 35 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Public & Societal Benefit

Held steady
from 2021

From $178k in 2021 to $178k in 2022.

$178k
2021
$178k
2022
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 8% in real terms$221k to $203k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, 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

WESTERN PIEDMONT COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$17.4M
$17.3M
2021
$19.8M
$20M
2022
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Public & Societal Benefit executives earn

Comparable public & societal benefit organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $76,607.

25th percentile
$29k
Median
$76,607
75th percentile
$157k
90th percentile
$280k

These are public & societal benefit sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 641 organizations across 641 filings (2021 – 2023).

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