Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $5k and $87k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $209k, roughly 7.8 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $208,571 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $86,846 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $26,876 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $5,000 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $1,400 | 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 mutual & membership benefit nonprofits in that revenue range.
| Revenue band | 25th | Median | 75th | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1M | $3k | $10,400 | $34k | 807 |
| $1M – $10M | $24k | $64,202 | $155k | 307 |
| $10M – $100M | $45k | $101,380 | $245k | 199 |
| $100M – $500M | $57k | $228,458 | $581k | 34 |
| $500M – $1B | $205k | $725,665 | $778k | 7 |
| Over $1B | $1M | $1,728,296 | $1.8M | 5 |
Pay varies by state.
Illinois pays $29,941 more than the national median across mutual & membership benefit nonprofits.
Benchmark a specific Mutual & Membership Benefit role
Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within mutual & membership benefit nonprofits.
Mutual & Membership Benefit board & trustee pay norms
20% of mutual & membership benefit nonprofits pay at least one board member or trustee, with a typical per-person payment of $10,200 across a median board of 3 paid members.
Fraternal organizations, pension and retirement funds, cemeteries, and mutual benefit societies. Covers employee benefit plans, veterans organizations, and membership associations. There are 5,463 mutual & membership benefit 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 Mutual & Membership Benefit
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