Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $31k and $123k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $207k, roughly 3.2 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $206,879 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $122,710 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $64,964 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $30,979 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $13,983 | 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 housing & shelter nonprofits in that revenue range.
| Revenue band | 25th | Median | 75th | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1M | $21k | $40,164 | $66k | 4,091 |
| $1M – $10M | $56k | $102,330 | $151k | 2,760 |
| $10M – $100M | $151k | $216,156 | $288k | 735 |
| $100M – $500M | $252k | $379,968 | $621k | 27 |
Pay varies by state.
District of Columbia pays $107,593 more than the national median across housing & shelter nonprofits.
Benchmark a specific Housing & Shelter role
Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within housing & shelter nonprofits.
Affordable housing developers, homeless shelters, housing assistance programs, and tenant advocacy organizations. Covers temporary shelter, transitional housing, and homeownership support. There are 16,300 housing & shelter 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 Housing & Shelter
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