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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 1,468,552 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
12,824$94k$44k$126k
Alaska
AK
5,943$106k$60k$147k
Arizona
AZ
18,321$123k$67k$156k
Arkansas
AR
7,704$135k$57k$161k
California
CA
156,724$133k$94k$177k
Colorado
CO
30,731$116k$66k$151k
Connecticut
CT
21,466$133k$80k$174k
Delaware
DE
5,711$106k$45k$139k
District of Columbia
DC
37,500$214k$169k$258k
Florida
FL
60,372$125k$62k$153k
Georgia
GA
31,969$135k$72k$162k
Hawaii
HI
6,914$127k$85k$162k
Idaho
ID
5,547$90k$41k$121k
Illinois
IL
66,821$129k$60k$166k
Indiana
IN
30,740$101k$39k$133k
Iowa
IA
16,957$94k$38k$130k
Kansas
KS
13,271$101k$49k$140k
Kentucky
KY
14,669$122k$51k$150k
Louisiana
LA
12,583$127k$62k$148k
Maine
ME
9,882$113k$60k$145k
Maryland
MD
31,638$146k$98k$187k
Massachusetts
MA
55,116$151k$97k$188k
Michigan
MI
42,192$112k$49k$141k
Minnesota
MN
42,795$102k$43k$133k
Mississippi
MS
7,911$95k$36k$126k
Missouri
MO
35,291$130k$46k$148k
Montana
MT
8,158$108k$56k$141k
Nebraska
NE
10,168$120k$48k$141k
Nevada
NV
9,222$79k$29k$118k
New Hampshire
NH
8,245$123k$60k$159k
New Jersey
NJ
41,191$112k$32k$145k
New Mexico
NM
7,055$100k$57k$129k
New York
NY
129,118$151k$95k$194k
North Carolina
NC
32,130$122k$62k$146k
North Dakota
ND
6,063$102k$40k$141k
Ohio
OH
61,072$99k$35k$122k
Oklahoma
OK
11,134$106k$55k$143k
Oregon
OR
21,147$110k$71k$152k
Pennsylvania
PA
77,411$116k$47k$150k
Puerto Rico
PR
2,624$81k$57k$110k
Rhode Island
RI
8,325$120k$52k$162k
South Carolina
SC
12,751$122k$67k$151k
South Dakota
SD
5,819$110k$35k$130k
Tennessee
TN
23,202$128k$75k$153k
Texas
TX
77,908$125k$62k$155k
Utah
UT
9,018$107k$48k$137k
Vermont
VT
6,331$108k$69k$146k
Virginia
VA
40,656$151k$102k$198k
Washington
WA
35,216$126k$73k$163k
West Virginia
WV
7,573$123k$51k$146k
Wisconsin
WI
32,571$104k$40k$134k
Wyoming
WY
2,852$78k$45k$113k

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