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title: CEO Pay Trends in the Nonprofit World 2018
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# CEO Pay Trends in the Nonprofit World

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## In this white paper:

- ERI analyzes current CEO pay observations to determine what typical CEO compensation looks like in today’s nonprofit world.
- The data was collected from 990s filed for form year 2015, which is the most recent complete form year available from the IRS at the time of writing.

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Organization size is one of the most fundamental variables in determining executive pay for nonprofit organizations.

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Human Services (which contains organizations from the Crime/Legal, Housing/Shelter, and Youth Development industries, among others) made up the largest grouping.

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Although organization size is paramount in the determination of CEO pay, there are some notable pay differences that can be observed across industries as well.

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Median pay was roughly the same across most industry groups (hovering around the $100,000 mark) with the exceptions being found in Universities and Hospitals.

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