About Valuing Our Nonprofit Workforce

Third Sector New England has released preliminary findings from Valuing Our Nonprofit Workforce 2010: A Compensation Survey of and for Nonprofits in Massachusetts and Adjoining Communities. The report provides, in many cases, a first glimpse at data on pay for staff at small to medium sized non-profit organizations in the survey area.

TSNE worked with non-profit and foundation partners from the region, to survey nonprofits from Massachusetts and communities bordering the state. More than 30,000 people are employed by the 202 nonprofits that completed the survey. Data collected was compiled on over 24,000 individual salaries and categorized into 131 job titles.

TSNE commissioned the survey in response to frequent requests from non-profit executive directors, board members and consultants for compensation data relevant to staff and management positions at smaller non-profit organizations. Prior to the release of Valuing Our Nonprofit Workforce, few of the salary surveys available in the targeted region were specific to small to medium sized nonprofits with social service or social justice missions. Nor were the studies reflective of regional differences across Massachusetts.

The compensation survey distinguishes between organizations with differing missions. Some provide direct services. Others address root causes of social injustice. Still others work to raise funds to distribute to nonprofits. The survey also responds to requests for data that differentiates between fields of service and issues such as youth work, the environment and economic justice. And it includes other hard to find data about jobs that are specific to the nonprofit sector – positions that aren’t typically included in mainstream compensation reports such as organizers, advocates and campaign directors.

View the entire report (PDF download). Read more about the report, including key findings, in TSNE’s press release. 
 

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