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Executive Compensation by State

Explore nonprofit executive compensation patterns across all 50 states. Click any state to search salaries in that location.

Data from 1,145,333 organizations across 52 states

Compensation by State

Average executive compensation across all nonprofit organizations

State Compensation Data

State
Sample Size
Average
Median
75th Percentile
Alabama
AL
10,113$95k$46k$126k
Alaska
AK
4,741$107k$58k$146k
Arizona
AZ
14,351$122k$65k$156k
Arkansas
AR
5,920$127k$54k$155k
California
CA
120,688$128k$84k$172k
Colorado
CO
24,384$110k$65k$148k
Connecticut
CT
16,742$133k$77k$172k
Delaware
DE
4,366$96k$42k$135k
District of Columbia
DC
30,120$213k$169k$258k
Florida
FL
47,809$122k$61k$151k
Georgia
GA
24,102$133k$68k$160k
Hawaii
HI
5,128$118k$83k$159k
Idaho
ID
4,571$88k$40k$120k
Illinois
IL
52,451$127k$60k$165k
Indiana
IN
24,392$97k$37k$130k
Iowa
IA
13,452$90k$35k$128k
Kansas
KS
10,331$104k$51k$141k
Kentucky
KY
11,358$117k$49k$145k
Louisiana
LA
9,799$129k$60k$147k
Maine
ME
8,066$112k$60k$144k
Maryland
MD
23,502$137k$92k$181k
Massachusetts
MA
43,958$154k$95k$188k
Michigan
MI
33,723$110k$49k$140k
Minnesota
MN
33,864$99k$40k$131k
Mississippi
MS
6,354$96k$37k$125k
Missouri
MO
24,832$130k$48k$154k
Montana
MT
6,241$106k$56k$137k
Nebraska
NE
7,868$114k$47k$139k
Nevada
NV
7,969$73k$24k$109k
New Hampshire
NH
6,462$118k$58k$156k
New Jersey
NJ
32,798$104k$28k$140k
New Mexico
NM
5,474$93k$54k$127k
New York
NY
98,546$147k$91k$189k
North Carolina
NC
25,912$119k$61k$145k
North Dakota
ND
4,725$93k$35k$136k
Ohio
OH
46,710$92k$33k$119k
Oklahoma
OK
8,432$100k$55k$141k
Oregon
OR
16,487$110k$71k$152k
Pennsylvania
PA
58,035$106k$43k$144k
Puerto Rico
PR
2,063$81k$55k$108k
Rhode Island
RI
6,495$120k$49k$160k
South Carolina
SC
9,884$124k$66k$150k
South Dakota
SD
4,665$101k$35k$128k
Tennessee
TN
18,318$121k$74k$150k
Texas
TX
63,094$122k$60k$152k
Utah
UT
7,112$106k$47k$135k
Vermont
VT
5,100$111k$68k$148k
Virginia
VA
31,944$149k$103k$197k
Washington
WA
28,221$121k$68k$160k
West Virginia
WV
5,993$127k$53k$151k
Wisconsin
WI
25,349$100k$40k$132k
Wyoming
WY
2,319$76k$42k$109k

About This Data

Compensation data aggregated across all nonprofit organizations

Based on most recent IRS Form 990 filings available for each organization

Sample sizes vary by state based on number of reporting nonprofits

States with smaller nonprofit sectors may show higher variability in averages