Compensation at California Nonprofit Groups

September 16, 2004 | Read Time: 1 minute

Median Salaries for Key Jobs
	Northern California		Southern and Central California
	Salary	Number of respondents	Salary	Number of respondents
Executive director/chief executive officer	$88,005	277	$88,005	245
Associate director/chief operating officer	72,093	107	86,497	90
Director, programs	60,975	174	64,938	182
Director, administration	62,088	54	52,998	51
Chief financial officer	75,005	100	77,584	83
Director, development	66,851	105	69,992	103
Development manager	51,459	75	48,027	56
Grant-proposal writer	39,998	41	41,486	58
Special-events coordinator	39,998	61	41,600	45
Development associate	33,010	115	31,678	96
Director, human resources	73,788	40	67,600	45
Director, information technology/services	80,746	25	63,648	27
Facilities manager	52,067	62	48,080	50
Program director/administrator (manages at least 10 staff members)	59,987	141	54,294	104
Program manager/administrator (manages fewer than 10 staff members)	47,778	357	47,008	240
Director of volunteers	44,990	15	34,819	46
Communications director or manager	58,906	42	50,211	31

Median Salary by Size of Organization’s Annual Budget
	Northern California	Southern and Central California
	Salary	Average 2003 budget	Salary	Average 2003 budget
Executive director or chief executive officer
Less than $499,999	$55,307	$274,600	$52,000	$280,600
$500,000 to $999,999	72,103	731,900	64,740	688,700
$1-million to $2,499,999	86,174	1.6-million	83,990	1.5-million
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999	98,551	3.5-million	104,998	3.4-million
$5-million to $8,999,999	117,499	6.8-million	118,000	6.5-million
$9-million to $14,999,999	159,026	11.3-million	125,008	10.6-million
More than $15-million	128,243	33.1-million	142,324	31.6-millon
Top fund-raising official
Less than $499,999	–	–	–	–
$500,000 to $999,999	$55,994	$736,800	$46,503	$649,600
$1-million to $2,499,999	54,995	1.5-million	63,565	1.6-million
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999	69,992	3.6-million	69,326	3.3-million
$5-million to $8,999,999	78,000	6.6-million	74,620	6.7-million
$9-million to $14,999,999	92,248	11.2-million	67,496	10.1-million
More than $15-million	78,866	29.2-million	81,683	30.8-millon

Executive Director’s Median Salary by Number of Employees at the Organization
	Northern California	Southern and Central California
1 to 9	$66,560	$62,400
10 to 24	81,599	75,431
25 to 49	93,538	101,878
50 to 99	101,234	118,000
100 to 199	132,995	115,003
200 and more	162,469	125,403