Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $40k and $137k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $222k, roughly 2.8 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $222,482 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $137,027 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $79,682 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $39,762 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $15,809 | 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 human services nonprofits in that revenue range.
| Revenue band | 25th | Median | 75th | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1M | $22k | $46,154 | $72k | 13,835 |
| $1M – $10M | $83k | $114,721 | $155k | 9,427 |
| $10M – $100M | $168k | $224,194 | $319k | 3,228 |
| $100M – $500M | $299k | $432,436 | $661k | 219 |
| $500M – $1B | $316k | $416,944 | $541k | 16 |
Pay varies by state.
District of Columbia pays $46,944 more than the national median across human services nonprofits.
Benchmark a specific Human Services role
Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within human services nonprofits.
Human Services board & trustee pay norms
9% of human services nonprofits pay at least one board member or trustee, with a typical per-person payment of $36,000 across a median board of 4 paid members.
Social service agencies, family support programs, community action agencies, and multipurpose human service organizations. Includes child welfare, senior services, services for people with disabilities, and emergency assistance. There are 56,288 human services 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 Human Services
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