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2025 Small Organization CEO Salaries

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION IN ASSOCIATIONSThis report lists the salaries of 382 CEOs at 377 small trade and professional associations, those with annual revenue of $2.5 million to $5 million. The information is gathered from IRS Form 990, the disclosure document filed by tax-exempt organizations. The latest available filings show CEO earnings from 2022 and 2023. If an individual was CEO for only part of the year, that information is noted if available.Key takeaways: Median annual compensation at all small associations in the data set was 5% higher than in last year’s report — that for professional society CEOs was nearly 9% higher while that for trade group leaders fell nearly… Read More