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massnonprofit.org ::: June 12, 2014 — Leaders at Massachusetts nonprofits receive an average annual base salary of $119,952 while nearly half of the staff at small to mid-sized organizations earn under $28,000 annually, according to a recently completed, comprehensive salary and benefit survey of the state’s nonprofit sector.

The survey, undertaken for Third Sector New England (TSNE), a Boston-based nonprofit that provides management resources to other nonprofits, examined compensation practices at 250 small to mid-sized nonprofits.

According to the survey, executive directors or chief executive officers at nonprofits with annual budgets up to $250,000 get an average yearly base salary of $52,944. Those with annual budgets of $250,000 to $1 million get an average base salary of $72,916, while those with annual budgets of $1 million to $2.5 million get an average annual base pay of $106,533.