Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $21k and $84k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $138k, roughly 3.0 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $137,615 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $84,000 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $46,000 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $21,186 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $8,421 | 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 religion-related nonprofits in that revenue range.
| Revenue band | 25th | Median | 75th | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1M | $18k | $38,160 | $68k | 9,181 |
| $1M – $10M | $66k | $108,120 | $162k | 1,716 |
| $10M – $100M | $168k | $245,854 | $332k | 227 |
| $100M – $500M | $309k | $608,906 | $899k | 11 |
Pay varies by state.
District of Columbia pays $53,686 more than the national median across religion-related nonprofits.
Benchmark a specific Religion-Related role
Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within religion-related nonprofits.
Religion-Related board & trustee pay norms
13% of religion-related nonprofits pay at least one board member or trustee, with a typical per-person payment of $24,000 across a median board of 3 paid members.
Churches, synagogues, mosques, interfaith organizations, and religious media. Includes religious education, seminaries, and faith-based service organizations. There are 29,226 religion-related 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 Religion-Related
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