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The 2025 NonProfit Organizations Salary & Benefits Survey

Join the most respected and admired nonprofit salary and benefits survey in the United States.  You will receive a FREE COPY of the full report for your participation!

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Survey participants receive these amazing benefits:

  • $1 / week (as a convenience, the membership is billed $4 / monthly)

  • Full access to TheNonProfitTimes.com

  • NPT Print & Digital editions

  • The most current information available

    Get the most current information available about nonprofit salaries and benefits. Find out how multi-generational values and workplace attitudes are impacting employee retention. What salaries have gone up the most due to marketplace demand? How many nonprofits are offering new benefits like remote work stipends, student loan repayment assistance, and telemental health?

  • Multi-Level Salary Information

    This report provides the latest and most complete salary information available on nonprofit positions from entry level to the executive office including base salary, bonus practices, total cash compensation, salary increases, employee turnover, and more. This survey collects data on 330 nonprofit positions from entry level to the executive office including base salary, bonus practices, total cash compensation, salary increases, employee turnover, and more.

Survey Features:

  • Convenient and flexible survey completion – Complete the online survey questionnaire at your own pace and schedule.
  • Comprehensive job coverage – The survey collects base salary and bonus pay information on more than 330 nonprofit-specific positions.
  • Easy and accurate position matching – Match the positions within your organization to the survey using the intuitive job family groupings and position job descriptions.
  • Ongoing assistance whenever you need it – Contact us by phone or email if you need help completing the survey, or use the handy online resources for instant results.
  • Complete information about benefits practices – The survey gathers information about benefit offerings, costs, eligibility and employee participation for 94 employee benefits from health insurance to retirement plans.
  • Organizational profile information – The questionnaire collects data on budget size, employee turnover, salary increases, employee tenure, staffing levels, geographic location, field of work, and number of employees.

Survey Schedule:

Deadline for Completion of Survey: November 27, 2024
Survey Results Distributed to Participants: February 2025

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Questions About Participation

 

For questions regarding the survey, please contact Bluewater Nonprofit Solutions. Contact by Email: surveyhelp@bwnps.com Contact by phone: 770-777-4828

Position Coverage

Below is a list of the 330 positions that are covered in the survey. All positions are grouped within related job families and listed in alphabetical order for quick look up and review. Detailed job descriptions for each position are available within the online survey questionnaire for easy matching against your organization’s position titles.

Click here to see the 330 positions covered in the survey.

Sample Reports 

To view a sample of The Nonprofit Organization 2023 Salary and Benefits report, Click Here. The Nonprofit Organizations 2025 Salary and Benefits Report will present survey results by multiple views to allow for quick and easy comparisons against relevant peer organizations by geographic location, operating budget, number of employees, and field of work. This report will provide detailed information on 96 employee benefit offerings, 28 job families, and hundreds of nonprofit positions with key performance metrics that can be used to benchmark compensation and benefit practices including:
  • Base Salary and Total Cash Compensation data with percentile rankings for each position
  • Bonus Pay practices including average payout, percentage receiving and organizations paying
  • Annual Salary Increases (prior and current year; executive and non-executive)
  • Employee Turnover and Average Tenure by position
  • Total Compensation costs as a percentage of operating expenses
  • Employee Profile Data (number of full/part time; exempt vs. nonexempt)
  • Executive Perks and Benefits (organizations offering, special benefits offered)
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision (costs paid by organization, eligibility, plan offerings, participation rates)
  • Prescription Drug (retail and mail order costs)
  • Retirement Plans (organization contributions, eligibility, plan offerings, participation rates)
  • Executive Employment Agreements (organizations offering, terms and conditions)
  • Life Insurance & Disability (eligibility, offerings, participation)
  • General Benefit Offering (covers 35 benefit programs)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (offerings, maximum contribution percentile rankings)
  • Employee Leave (vacation, sick, paid time off, personal, holidays, bereavement, FMLA)
  • Overtime Practices (exempt vs. non-exempt staff)
  • Part-Time Employee Benefit Offerings
  • Changes in Data from 2023-2025 Use this new feature to quickly and simply identify critical shifts and potential marketplace trends for all salary and benefits data

Participant Data Confidentiality

The survey data you enter is confidential and will not be shared directly with any other organization. Your organization’s specific data will not be identified in any further survey reports. All data collected in the survey will be used in aggregate to generate the results for the survey reports. The name of your organization may be displayed in future lists of survey participants for survey reporting and marketing purposes.
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