Salaries

Salary insights

Salary data from 925 live jobs on Work for Nonprofits: median pay, typical ranges and the top paying categories.

Median
$72,500
Typical range
$50,000 - $110,000
Average
$91,320

Based on 925 live jobs with published pay. 7 jobs in other currencies are not included.

Salaries by category

CategoryMedianTypical rangeJobs
Development$97,329$75,750 - $130,62584
Health & Wellness$64,626$49,500 - $80,02056
Nonprofit Executive Leadership$132,500$93,125 - $161,87546
Case Management$47,670$44,368 - $52,00044
Finance & Accounting$87,500$63,750 - $111,00043
Education$52,000$46,000 - $62,40041
Fundraising$90,000$74,621 - $128,75038
Marketing & Communications$73,750$53,375 - $115,33434
Operations$75,000$49,993 - $102,50033
Administrative$47,670$41,600 - $54,90630
Executive Leadership$170,000$113,630 - $216,48629
Program Management$67,500$62,500 - $82,50029
Legal & Compliance$105,000$76,500 - $166,25024
Philanthropy$112,826$90,375 - $160,62522
Environmental Advocacy$68,750$49,980 - $82,01620
Education & Training$53,040$42,050 - $73,38819
Individual Giving$80,000$70,000 - $100,00017
Human Resources$68,386$48,256 - $108,62016
Advocacy & Public Policy$70,720$58,455 - $80,00015
Community Outreach$47,500$42,500 - $57,97315
Community Support$50,003$40,300 - $63,38015
Facilities$53,810$41,600 - $74,37514
Community Engagement$66,250$45,240 - $75,22512
Crisis Response$54,110$47,159 - $58,68012
Customer Service$40,082$37,440 - $45,13612
Event Management$55,750$46,373 - $71,50012
Finance$92,500$81,834 - $156,25012
Grant Writing$65,250$56,250 - $73,12512
Marketing$70,000$63,448 - $138,12512
Volunteer Coordination$46,332$38,890 - $52,00012
Administration and Operations$70,000$51,480 - $92,1718
Research & Policy$73,800$54,511 - $176,7388
Transportation$51,329$44,150 - $62,0148
IT & Tech Support$118,927$64,685 - $151,7317
Youth Leadership & Civic Engagement$49,924$41,564 - $52,4627
Business & Partnerships$157,500$119,375 - $184,3756
Community Resource Specialist$51,420$46,460 - $61,7296
UX & Design$62,500$40,301 - $75,6256
Arts & Culture$48,500$43,250 - $57,2005
Nonprofit$43,000$42,266 - $49,5005
Public Policy$108,989$60,000 - $133,1205
Resource Development$82,500$35,402 - $95,0005
Advancement Specialist$44,034$43,945 - $44,9004
Data$77,250$62,415 - $95,6254
Food Service$53,575$41,015 - $66,9384
Membership$70,250$55,250 - $86,2504
Nonprofit Management$70,000$53,635 - $82,5004
Sales$48,177$37,981 - $60,4384
Speech and Language Pathology$84,800$83,275 - $86,3004
Corporate Engagement$110,000$88,750 - $131,2003
Development & Fundraising$67,500$58,250 - $72,2253
full-time$116,000$78,800 - $118,6503
Youth Advocacy$45,240$44,460 - $46,3703

Median pay by location

  • Minneapolis, MN$60,125
  • Saint Paul, MN$55,850
  • Vermont, US$63,705
  • Remote$114,000
  • New York, US$90,000
  • Omaha, NE$51,407
  • Kansas City, MO$47,840
  • Missouri, US$58,790
  • St. Louis, MO$62,750
  • Milwaukee, WI$50,500
  • Denver, CO$75,150
  • Washington, DC$168,500
  • Pittsburgh, PA$49,861
  • Council Bluffs, IA$47,237
  • Chicago, IL$72,500