Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $36k and $170k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $304k, roughly 3.5 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $304,076 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $170,222 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $86,392 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $35,632 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $10,141 | 10% of executives earn less than this |
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 education nonprofits in that revenue range.
| Revenue band | 25th | Median | 75th | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1M | $15k | $40,118 | $72k | 12,573 |
| $1M – $10M | $80k | $125,092 | $179k | 9,258 |
| $10M – $100M | $179k | $256,658 | $392k | 3,829 |
| $100M – $500M | $410k | $605,190 | $897k | 564 |
| $500M – $1B | $890k | $1,180,433 | $1.9M | 55 |
| Over $1B | $1.7M | $3,543,571 | $6.3M | 61 |
Pay varies by state.
District of Columbia pays $92,606 more than the national median across education nonprofits.
Benchmark a specific Education role
Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within education nonprofits.
Education board & trustee pay norms
11% of education nonprofits pay at least one board member or trustee, with a typical per-person payment of $38,516 across a median board of 4 paid members.
Schools, universities, libraries, scholarship funds, and educational support organizations. Covers K-12, higher education, vocational training, and adult education programs. There are 70,554 education 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 Education
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