What is the median Director of IT salary at Minnesota nonprofits?

The median reported total compensation is $151,000, across 59 Form 990 filings from 2021–2025.

Is this figure enough to document a pay decision under §4958?

No. A single median is a market read, not comparability data. The §4958 rebuttable presumption also requires a matched peer set, advance approval by an independent body, and contemporaneous documentation.

Where does the number come from?

Reported total compensation on IRS Form 990 Schedule J and Part VII, filed by nonprofit organizations in Minnesota for tax years 2021–2025. It is the figure as filed, not a modelled estimate.

Nonprofit salary benchmark

Director of IT pay at Minnesota nonprofits

Name: Director of IT compensation at Minnesota nonprofits
Creator: CauseComp

$151,000

Median reported total compensation. Based on 59 IRS Form 990 filings from Minnesota nonprofits, tax years 2021–2025. Figure as filed, rounded to the nearest $1,000.

How Minnesota compares

Below the national median for this role by $7,000 (4.4%) — the national figure is $158,000.
Across those states the median ranges from $131,000 (Tennessee) to $185,000 (District of Columbia).

The same role in other states

State	Filings
Arizona	60
California	484
Colorado	78
Connecticut	55
District of Columbia	111
Florida	80
Georgia	30
Illinois	149
Indiana	45
Iowa	32
Maryland	87
Massachusetts	154
Michigan	52
Missouri	65
Nevada	22
New Jersey	74
New York	385
North Carolina	60
Ohio	84
Oregon	56
Pennsylvania	142
Tennessee	33
Texas	137
Utah	21
Virginia	151
Washington	118
Wisconsin	41

Every state shown clears the same 20-filing minimum as this page. This cell has too few filings for us to rank it among the states by pay.

What this page does not tell you

One median is a market read. It is not a matched peer set, and it cannot on its own document a pay decision: the §4958 rebuttable presumption of reasonableness also needs comparable organizations selected on budget, sector and geography, approval by an independent body, and contemporaneous records. We publish the single figure and keep the comparability set behind the paid product — see what comparability data actually requires.

Sector and budget-band detail is not published at this depth. Narrower cuts are where a median stops being a market read and starts being the answer to a specific board's question, and that is the paid product rather than the free page.

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Method: the median of reported total compensation across matching IRS Form 990 Schedule J and Part VII filings, with no cell published below 20 filings. Figures are as filed and are not adjusted or projected — full methodology. Explore other roles from the Director of IT national overview or the salary benchmark index.

Documented comparability data like the above supports — but does not by itself establish — a board's rebuttable presumption of reasonableness under IRC §4958 (intermediate sanctions). The presumption also requires advance approval by an independent board body and contemporaneous documentation. CauseComp provides comparability data for informational purposes and does not provide legal or tax advice.