Leading smaller associations grows more complex, driving salaries, bonuses higher RELATED CONTENT Compensation in Chicago-area associations The strongest salary growth among Chicagoland association CEOs is not for those leading influential lobbying groups or large, complex organizations. It is the chief executives at small associations who are seeing the biggest bumps in pay. Tax filings from 2010 and 2011—the latest available—show that Chicago CEOs leading national associations with revenues between $2 and $4 million saw a median 6.5 percent increase in base and bonus pay, and total pay grew by 6.1 percent. Paychecks for CEOs at the helm of larger Chicago-based… Read More