What is the median VP of Finance salary at Connecticut nonprofits?

The median reported total compensation is $182,000, across 98 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 Connecticut for tax years 2021–2025. It is the figure as filed, not a modelled estimate.

Nonprofit salary benchmark

VP of Finance pay at Connecticut nonprofits

Name: VP of Finance compensation at Connecticut nonprofits
Creator: CauseComp

$182,000

Median reported total compensation. Based on 98 IRS Form 990 filings from Connecticut nonprofits, tax years 2021–2025. Figure as filed, rounded to the nearest $1,000.

How Connecticut compares

Below the national median for this role by $0 (0.0%) — the national figure is $182,000.
Across those states the median ranges from $130,000 (Kansas) to $269,000 (Nebraska).
Between tax years 2022 and 2023 — the two most recent complete filing years — the median for this cell moved from $186,000 to $185,000.

The same role in other states

State	Filings
Arizona	54
California	468
Colorado	98
District of Columbia	287
Florida	211
Georgia	116
Idaho	24
Illinois	264
Indiana	83
Iowa	94
Kansas	47
Kentucky	64
Louisiana	39
Maine	63
Maryland	137
Massachusetts	229
Michigan	114
Minnesota	152
Missouri	128
Montana	34
Nebraska	35
Nevada	27
New Hampshire	38
New Jersey	94
New York	579
North Carolina	115
Ohio	136
Oklahoma	36
Oregon	78
Pennsylvania	352
Rhode Island	32
South Carolina	35
Tennessee	100
Texas	234
Vermont	27
Virginia	174
Washington	74
West Virginia	48
Wisconsin	112

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 VP of Finance 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.