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Nonprofit Compensation Report

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MANP conducts a compensation survey every two years to equip Maine nonprofits with reliable, local data to inform conversations, shape compensation strategies, and justify compensation levels to the public and the IRS.

2024 Report on Nonprofit Wages + Benefits in Northern New England

This report is based on data collected from 788 nonprofits across Northern New England from April to June 2024. 

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The full report includes more than 30 pages of details on nonprofit wages and benefits in Maine and across northern New England, including:

  • employment and hiring trends
  • wage trends
  • wage details for 31 full-time and 11 part-time job categories, overall and by organization budget size range
  • data on executive director salaries by gender, race, mission, region, education and experience
  • benefits trends
  • insurance payment arrangements
  • retirement contribution arrangements
  • and more!

Please note that this report does not reflect recommendations of what wages and benefits should be at all Maine nonprofits. It presents data on staffing and compensation practices of 352 Maine nonprofits, alongside additional data from nonprofits across Northern New England, as reported during Spring 2024. It is one important resource nonprofit leaders and their partners can use to inform essential and ongoing conversations about how we value and invest in our nonprofit workforce.

Report Cost

Members Non-Members
Survey Participants* Free! $125
Survey Non-Participants $125 $250

*Survey participants were contacted via email with a code to receive their discount. 

Purchasers of the Maine report may purchase the Vermont and New Hampshire editions at a discount. Contact MemberSupport@NonprofitMaine.org for ordering instructions.

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2022 Report

Based on data collected in the Spring and Summer of 2022, this report covers staffing and compensation practices of 639 northern New England nonprofit organizations (324 from Maine). Wage details are included for 31 job categories common to many organizations. The 2022 survey was a joint effort with the NH Center for Nonprofits, CommonGood Vermont, and the UNH Survey Center. Our lead sponsor in 2022 was Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare. 

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Order the Full Report

*Purchasers of the Maine report may purchase the Vermont and New Hampshire editions at a discount. Contact MemberSupport@NonprofitMaine.org for ordering instructions.

Other Resources for Setting Compensation

Setting compensation is an art, not a science, and organizations should use multiple sources of information, including their own organizational values, to inform their strategies. MANP has curated collections of resources on nonprofit compensation, including: