What is the median Surgeon salary at Minnesota nonprofits?

The median reported total compensation is $878,000, across 71 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

Surgeon pay at Minnesota nonprofits

Name: Surgeon compensation at Minnesota nonprofits
Creator: CauseComp

$878,000

Median reported total compensation. Based on 71 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 $0 (0.0%) — the national figure is $878,000.
Across those states the median ranges from $219,000 (Indiana) to $1,433,000 (South Carolina).

The same role in other states

State	Filings
Alaska	40
Arizona	73
Arkansas	75
Colorado	48
Connecticut	42
Florida	64
Georgia	69
Illinois	62
Indiana	21
Iowa	27
Kansas	26
Kentucky	49
Maine	57
Maryland	35
Massachusetts	101
Michigan	143
Missouri	74
Montana	22
Nebraska	20
New Hampshire	45
New Jersey	24
New York	216
North Dakota	32
Ohio	96
Oregon	54
Pennsylvania	200
South Carolina	58
Tennessee	31
Texas	80
Vermont	50
Virginia	27
Washington	52
West Virginia	26
Wisconsin	64

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 Surgeon 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.