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Executive Leadership salaries

Salary benchmarks for 3 Executive Leadership occupations at Southern California nonprofits, from 6 posted salary ranges, cross-checked against IRS Form 990 filings.

Based on 6 postings across 3 occupationsMedian only — under 10 postings✓ Verified against IRS Form 990
nis the number of individual job postings a figure is calculated from. The more postings behind a number, the more you can trust it. We never publish anything based on fewer than 5.
Median posted salary
$190,000

By subsector

Human Services$160,0005 postings
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): Health Care (1).

By career level

VP / Executive$190,0006 postings

Organizations hiring now

Illumination Health + HomeOrange County · Budget $20M-$50M$210,000–$230,000View org →Safe Place for YouthLos Angeles County · Budget $10M-$20M$210,000–$230,000View org →The YMCA - Long BeachLos Angeles County · Budget $20M-$50M$104,000–$142,000View org →

Occupations in this category

Executive Director / CEO (IRS Form 990)365$244,226
Chief Operating Officer (IRS Form 990)110$204,474
Chief of Staff (IRS Form 990)15$212,632

Actual compensation (IRS Form 990)

<$2M$112,34636 employees
$2M-$10M$191,791110 employees
$10M-$20M$220,54478 employees
$20M-$50M$250,038127 employees
$50M-$100M$351,02265 employees
$100M+$456,22860 employees
Reported compensation of incumbents from the most recent Form 990 filings — actual pay, not posted ranges.
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How this page is built
Figures reflect 6 salary observations from public job postings across 10 Southern California counties, 2024–2026, annualized (hourly × 2,080) with titles standardized to a nonprofit occupation taxonomy. Percentiles are published only when an occupation reaches 10 observations. No cell is shown for any group with fewer than 5. Executive figures are cross-checked against IRS Form 990. Data through September 09, 2026. Slugs, canonical URLs, and structured data are stable across rebuilds.