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Updated through 2024NTEE I · Crime & Legal-Related

Crime & Legal-Related nonprofitexecutive pay

Median top-executive pay across 3,113 crime & legal-related nonprofits, 2021 – 2024. Each organization is counted once at its most recent filing, using the highest-paid leader reported on IRS Form 990, Schedule J.

Organizations that promote public safety through crime prevention, legal services, victim assistance, and rehabilitation of offenders.

Median executive pay
$91,761
The typical crime & legal-related nonprofit's highest-paid executive earns $91,761 in total reported compensation.
25th pct
$53k
75th pct
$146k
90th pct
$218k
3,113 organizations · 2021 – 2024
Percentile distribution

Where the middle 50% lands.

Half earn between $53k and $146k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $218k, roughly 2.4 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.

PercentileTotal compMeans
90th$218,454Top 10% of earners
75th$146,07425% earn more than this
50th · median$91,761The typical executive
25th$53,00025% earn less than this
10th$24,00010% of executives earn less than this
By organization size

Bigger budgets, bigger paychecks.

Median executive pay rises with organization revenue. Each band shows the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of top-executive pay for crime & legal-related nonprofits in that revenue range.

Revenue band25thMedian75thOrgs
Under $1M$36k$61,407$89k1,703
$1M – $10M$98k$132,446$180k1,166
$10M – $100M$180k$231,480$301k230
$100M – $500M$300k$325,703$505k13
Revenue bands with fewer than 5 organizations are not shown.
By role

Benchmark a specific Crime & Legal-Related role

Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within crime & legal-related nonprofits.

Directory

Legal aid societies, prisoner rehabilitation programs, crime prevention organizations, and victim services. Includes public interest law firms, dispute resolution, and correctional alternatives. There are 5,969 crime & legal-related organizations in our database with compensation data from IRS Form 990 filings. Use the table below to browse them, or sort by revenue, location, or number of reported executives.

Organizations in Crime & Legal-Related

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