Executive Compensation by State

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

Data from 252,914 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
2,845$91k$42k$123k
Alaska
AK
938$106k$60k$149k
Arizona
AZ
3,431$127k$67k$157k
Arkansas
AR
1,452$136k$57k$159k
California
CA
24,436$131k$90k$175k
Colorado
CO
5,865$114k$62k$148k
Connecticut
CT
3,399$130k$76k$169k
Delaware
DE
1,240$101k$45k$134k
District of Columbia
DC
4,504$212k$168k$255k
Florida
FL
10,924$125k$65k$153k
Georgia
GA
5,167$133k$71k$159k
Hawaii
HI
1,363$125k$86k$163k
Idaho
ID
1,237$88k$40k$119k
Illinois
IL
10,745$129k$60k$167k
Indiana
IN
5,532$104k$42k$135k
Iowa
IA
2,944$101k$44k$135k
Kansas
KS
2,563$102k$49k$140k
Kentucky
KY
2,548$123k$51k$150k
Louisiana
LA
2,246$124k$61k$149k
Maine
ME
1,979$111k$60k$143k
Maryland
MD
4,941$145k$97k$186k
Massachusetts
MA
8,170$154k$96k$185k
Michigan
MI
6,768$111k$49k$140k
Minnesota
MN
6,618$104k$45k$132k
Mississippi
MS
1,351$91k$36k$124k
Missouri
MO
5,249$142k$50k$157k
Montana
MT
1,687$108k$56k$141k
Nebraska
NE
1,859$123k$49k$142k
Nevada
NV
3,748$67k$20k$94k
New Hampshire
NH
1,593$124k$61k$160k
New Jersey
NJ
5,749$113k$37k$146k
New Mexico
NM
1,550$96k$54k$125k
New York
NY
19,202$153k$95k$194k
North Carolina
NC
6,153$120k$61k$144k
North Dakota
ND
1,031$100k$40k$139k
Ohio
OH
10,737$101k$37k$125k
Oklahoma
OK
2,342$104k$56k$142k
Oregon
OR
4,164$110k$70k$152k
Pennsylvania
PA
14,538$116k$48k$150k
Puerto Rico
PR
417$79k$55k$106k
Rhode Island
RI
1,246$115k$47k$159k
South Carolina
SC
2,568$119k$66k$148k
South Dakota
SD
1,029$102k$35k$126k
Tennessee
TN
4,357$124k$73k$150k
Texas
TX
16,284$126k$63k$156k
Utah
UT
1,660$107k$50k$135k
Vermont
VT
1,366$106k$67k$143k
Virginia
VA
6,654$151k$102k$197k
Washington
WA
6,209$127k$72k$163k
West Virginia
WV
1,419$135k$54k$158k
Wisconsin
WI
6,165$101k$39k$132k
Wyoming
WY
732$76k$43k$107k

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