Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $50k and $250k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $501k, roughly 3.9 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $501,326 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $250,187 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $127,487 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $49,768 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $15,538 | 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 science & technology nonprofits in that revenue range.
| Revenue band | 25th | Median | 75th | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1M | $20k | $48,750 | $96k | 482 |
| $1M – $10M | $126k | $183,668 | $248k | 408 |
| $10M – $100M | $284k | $418,035 | $573k | 146 |
| $100M – $500M | $623k | $774,433 | $1.2M | 32 |
| $500M – $1B | $1.4M | $1,715,943 | $1.7M | 5 |
| Over $1B | $1.1M | $1,893,070 | $2.9M | 6 |
Pay varies by state.
District of Columbia pays $134,829 more than the national median across science & technology nonprofits.
Benchmark a specific Science & Technology role
Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within science & technology nonprofits.
Science & Technology board & trustee pay norms
12% of science & technology nonprofits pay at least one board member or trustee, with a typical per-person payment of $50,000 across a median board of 4 paid members.
Science museums, technology education organizations, research institutes, and STEM programs. Includes computer science education, space exploration support, and engineering foundations. There are 2,395 science & technology 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 Science & Technology
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