Nonprofit salary benchmark
Scout Executive pay at U.S. nonprofits
Median reported total compensation, nationally. Based on 489 IRS Form 990 filings, fiscal years 2021–2025. Figure as filed, rounded to the nearest $1,000.
This median spans organizations of every budget size and sector, so it will not match a benchmark for one organization. The Executive benchmark tool adjusts for your budget, sector and location.
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What the Scout Executive role does
What the filings show
- Of the 108 executive roles CauseComp reports nationally, this one ranks 69 by median pay.
- Across the 5 states with enough filings to report this role, the median runs from $115,000 (Pennsylvania) to $182,000 (North Carolina).
- Between fiscal years 2024 and 2025 — the two most recent complete filing years — the national median moved from $154,000 to $159,000.
These figures come from what filers reported on Schedule J and Part VII; what each Schedule J column captures explains what a reported total includes. Scout Executive is not among the thirteen position families that published nonprofit pay surveys concentrate on. Our analysis of the unbenchmarked roles shows how much reported pay sits in roles like this one.
Scout Executive pay by state
| State | Median | Filings |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | $182,000 | 22 |
| New York | $154,000 | 30 |
| Texas | $154,000 | 49 |
| California | $153,000 | 42 |
| Pennsylvania | $115,000 | 38 |
Every state listed clears the 20-filing minimum. States with fewer filings are not shown, because a median built on a handful of returns is not a benchmark.
What this page does not tell you
A national median flattens two things that move nonprofit pay: budget size and sector. It is a starting point, not an answer for a particular organization, and it is not §4958 comparability data — see how intermediate sanctions reach both the executive and the board that approves the pay.
Where the Scout Executive is the organization's chief executive, the board's test for whether a chief executive is overpaid applies directly. A figure for one organization needs a peer group for the Scout Executive role, matched on budget size first, then mission and geography.
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Method: the median of reported total compensation across matching IRS Form 990 Schedule J and Part VII filings, no cell published below 20 filings, figures as filed with no adjustment or projection — full methodology. Browse every role from the salary benchmark index.
Documented comparability data 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.