Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $61k and $370k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $941k, roughly 6.2 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $940,814 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $370,080 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $152,034 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $61,090 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $25,000 | 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 health care nonprofits in that revenue range.
| Revenue band | 25th | Median | 75th | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1M | $25k | $51,614 | $86k | 4,556 |
| $1M – $10M | $88k | $140,559 | $220k | 4,055 |
| $10M – $100M | $214k | $334,848 | $526k | 3,360 |
| $100M – $500M | $471k | $776,351 | $1.3M | 1,217 |
| $500M – $1B | $702k | $1,216,704 | $1.8M | 347 |
| Over $1B | $1.1M | $1,871,534 | $3.7M | 347 |
Pay varies by state.
New Hampshire pays $71,904 more than the national median across health care nonprofits.
Benchmark a specific Health Care role
Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within health care nonprofits.
Health Care board & trustee pay norms
23% of health care nonprofits pay at least one board member or trustee, with a typical per-person payment of $62,500 across a median board of 6 paid members.
Hospitals, clinics, public health organizations, and health systems. Includes community health centers, nursing facilities, rehabilitation services, and emergency medical services. There are 22,519 health care 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 Health Care
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