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The Agenda recently surveyed our smart, good looking daily newsletter subscribers and asked them uncomfortable questions, like – “How much do you get paid?” Below are the survey results from nonprofit professionals.
Average salary for common nonprofit jobs in Charlotte:
- Development Associate — $35,433 base salary
- Development Manager — $42,400 base salary & $767 annual bonus
- Associate Director — $50,166.67 base salary & $758.33 annual bonus
- Program Manager — $53,928 base salary & $2,642 annual bonus
- Director — $62,608 base salary & $2,397 annual bonus
- Vice President — $67,166 base salary & $2,166 annual bonus
- Executive Director — $85,386 base salary & $2,777 annual bonus
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Nonprofit compensation change from 2016 to 2017:
- Decrease in pay: 0%
- Same pay: 22%
- < 5% raise: 45%
- 5% – 10% raise: 22%
- 10% – 20% raise: 9%
- 20%+ raise: 2%
How did Charlotte’s nonprofit professionals land their jobs?
- Referred by friend or family: 26%
- Online job search site: 20%
- Professional connection: 19%
- Recruited for the position: 17%
- Company’s website: 5%
- Headhunter: 3%
- Networking event: 1%
- Other: 12%
Full, anonymous nonprofit salary survey data (raw) – sorted by job title:
Administrative Assistant — $32,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Administrative Assistant — $20,000 base salary
Advancement Assistant — $33,000 base salary
Alumni Director — $61,000 base salary
Annual Giving Manager — $41,000 base salary
Assistant Director — $54,000 base salary
Assistant Director of Development — $30,000 base salary & $100 annual bonus
Assistant Director of Programs & Development — $36,000 base salary & $3,000 annual bonus
Assistant Director — $45,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Assistant to the Director — $25,000 base salary & $50 Gift Card to Outback Steakhouse annual bonus
Associate Director — $99,000 base salary & $250 annual bonus
Associate Director — $37,000 base salary & $700 annual bonus
Associate Director (part-time) — $22,000 base salary
Asst. Manager, Marketing — $59,000 base salary
Grants — $48,000 base salary & $2,500 annual bonus
Campus Minister — $65,000 base salary
Coach — $52,500 base salary
CEO — $185,000 base salary & $3,000 annual bonus
CFO — $125,000 base salary
COO — $100,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Communications Associate — $23,000 base salary
Communications Director — $60,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Communications Manager — $52,000 base salary
Communications Associate — $36,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Community Director — $60,000 base salary
Community Engagement — $36,000 base salary & $250 annual bonus
Community Manager — $50,000 base salary
Community Relations — $30,000 base salary
Content Marketing Manager — $27,500 base salary
Content Marketing Manager — $44,000 base salary & $4,000 annual bonus
COO — $90,000 base salary
Corporate Relations Coordinator — $30,000 base salary
Counselor — $35,000 base salary
Creative Director — $55,000 base salary
Creative Project Manager — $36,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Database Manager — $45,000 base salary
Development — $34,000 base salary
Development Associate — $33,000 base salary
Development Associate — $32,000 base salary & $1,500 annual bonus
Development Coordinator — $42,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Development Coordinator — $28,600 base salary
Development Coordinator — $43,000 base salary
Development Manager — $40,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Development Manager — $50,000 base salary
Development Manager — $36,400 base salary & $3,000 annual bonus
Development Officer — $40,000 base salary & $600 annual bonus
Development Officer — $42,000 base salary
Development Officer — $46,000 base salary
Director — $60,000 base salary & $5,000 annual bonus
Director — $62,000 base salary & $1,500 annual bonus
Director — $45,000 base salary & $1,100 annual bonus
Director — $64,000 base salary
Director — $40,000 base salary & $4,000 annual bonus
Director of Programs — $55,000 base salary
Director — $54,000 base salary
Director of Marketing — $70,000 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Director of Communications — $55,000 base salary
Director of Communications — $69,000 base salary & $3,000 annual bonus
Director of Database — $42,000 base salary & $5,000 annual bonus
Director of Development — $62,000 base salary & $600 annual bonus
Director of Development — $48,500 base salary
Director of Development — $50,000 base salary
Director of Development — $50,500 base salary
Director of Development — $98,000 base salary & $2,940 annual bonus
Director of Donor Relations — $63,000 base salary
Director of Fundraising — $59,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Director of Growth — $40,000 base salary & $4,000 annual bonus
Director of Marketing — $125,000 base salary & $25,000 annual bonus
Director of Marketing & Communications — $58,000 base salary
Director of Public Relations — $60,000 base salary
Division Director, Membership and Strategic Programming — $110,000 base salary
Employment Specialist — $37,000 base salary & $200 annual bonus
Executive Director — $150,000 base salary & $17,000 annual bonus
Executive Director — $130,000 base salary & $5,000 annual bonus
Executive Director — $101,000 base salary & $3,000 annual bonus
Executive Director — $95,000 base salary
Executive Director — $68,000 base salary
Executive Director — $40,000 base salary
Executive Director — $49,000 base salary
Executive Director — $60,475 base salary
Executive Director — $75,000 base salary
Family Services Coordinator — $37,250 base salary
Finance Manager — $50,000 base salary
Human Resources — $83,500 base salary
Manager — $50,500 base salary & $3,500 annual bonus
Manager — $42,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Manager — $72,000 base salary
Manager of Grants and Alumni Affairs — $39,000 base salary
Marketing Communications Specialist — $50,000 base salary
Marketing — $35,000 base salary
Membership Director — $42,500 base salary & $10,000 annual bonus
Office Assistant — $31,500 base salary & $1,500 annual bonus
Office Manager — $39,000 base salary
Office manager — $38,000 base salary
Operations Manager — $32,000 base salary
Outreach Coordinator — $20,000 base salary
Partner Relations Manager — $73,000 base salary
Planning Associate — $44,500 base salary
President — $200,000 base salary & $30,000 annual bonus
President — $93,000 base salary
Program & Development Coordinator — $54,000 base salary
Program Communications Coordinator — $42,500 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Program Coordinator — $43,000 base salary
Program Director — $53,000 base salary & $12,000 annual bonus
Program Director — $39,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
program Director — $48,000 base salary
Program Manager — $47,500 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Program Manager — $48,000 base salary
Program Manager — $69,000 base salary
Program Officer — $73,000 base salary & $5,000 annual bonus
Project Manager — $70,000 base salary & $5,000 annual bonus
Project Manager — $34,000 base salary
Receptionist — $37,000 base salary & $2,700 annual bonus
Regional Manager — $64,500 base salary
Research Manager — $36,000 base salary & $2,500 annual bonus
Resource Development Director — $39,500 base salary & $1,100 annual bonus
Senior Development Coordinator — $46,000 base salary & $1,500 annual bonus
Senior Director of Development — $82,500 base salary
Senior Program Officer — $110,000 base salary & $10,000 annual bonus
Site Coordinator — $36,000 base salary & $200 annual bonus
Specialist — $40,000 base salary
Sr. Marketing Director — $60,000 base salary
Sr. Membership Director — $48,000 base salary
Vice President — $80,000 base salary & $6,000 annual bonus
Vice President — $83,000 base salary
Vice President of Marketing & Communications — $58,000 base salary
Vice President of Programming — $60,000 base salary
Vice President of Programs — $70,000 base salary
Vice President, Development — $52,000 base salary & $7,000 annual bonus
Volunteer Manager — $40,000 base salary & $250 annual bonus
Volunteer Manager — $46,000 base salary & $100 annual bonus
Volunteer Manager — $49,500 base salary
Youth Director — $35,000 base salary
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