Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $48k and $251k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $447k, roughly 3.7 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $447,349 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $250,691 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $121,446 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $48,000 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $18,336 | 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 medical research nonprofits in that revenue range.
| Revenue band | 25th | Median | 75th | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1M | $25k | $56,891 | $107k | 521 |
| $1M – $10M | $117k | $182,964 | $282k | 394 |
| $10M – $100M | $275k | $399,368 | $640k | 136 |
| $100M – $500M | $600k | $1,027,953 | $1.7M | 17 |
| $500M – $1B | $875k | $1,524,299 | $1.8M | 5 |
| Over $1B | $961k | $2,459,825 | $2.8M | 5 |
Pay varies by state.
Maryland pays $128,236 more than the national median across medical research nonprofits.
Benchmark a specific Medical Research role
Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within medical research nonprofits.
Biomedical research institutes, medical science foundations, and organizations funding research into treatments and cures. Covers clinical trials support, lab research, and translational medicine. There are 2,912 medical research 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 Medical Research
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Name | City | State | Revenue | Executives |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTIAN RESEARCH HOSPITAL CRH | Searcy | AR | $242 | 0 |
| Conquering Diabetes Foundation | Los Angeles | CA | $225 | 0 |
| HEART TO HEART FOUNDATION | Canyon Lake | CA | $203 | 0 |
| MUMMA MARIA MSA FOUNDATION | Saint Clair Shores | MI | $200 | 0 |
| MEDICAL AUTOMATIONORG INC | Charlottesville | VA | $188 | 0 |
| THE TEAL RECOVERY PROJECT INC | Odessa | FL | $176 | 0 |
| NORTHERN MICHIGAN HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY | Petoskey | MI | $157 | 10 |
| The Stroke Shield Foundation Co Dr Jeffrey Thomas | San Francisco | CA | $144 | 0 |
| MED MAN SIMULATIONS INC | Chestnut Hill | MA | $144 | 0 |
| Congenital Heart Foundation of Louisiana | New Orleans | LA | $130 | 0 |
| MSIDS RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC | Staatsburg | NY | $119 | 0 |
| PHAGEBIOTICS RESEARCH FOUNDATION | Olympia | WA | $113 | 0 |