Below is a salary structure that many smaller churches could not dream of approaching. But the thing I appreciate from it is that there is hope that I may someday be able to pay back my student loans! Between undergraduate work, and Seminary, the amount of student loans is accumulating at an astounding rate. Keep in mind, many of the people who fit the lead categories below have at minimum a master's degree, and a lot of Senior Pastors have a Doctorate of Ministry, or a Ph.D, so they are very well educated. Also, 10-25% of the reported amount is housing in many/most cases.
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For the past 20 years Leadership Network has taken a salary survey
of roughly 100 churches in their network. These churches would tend to
be seen as those with influence and innovation that are leaders in the
church world. This info may be helpful in negotiating your next raise
or you may want to keep this hidden if you are being paid too much! The
complete salary survey is also available under Special Reports on the
Leadership Network Website:
http://www.leadnet.org/specialreports.asp
Church Size
The smallest church in the survey had an average weekend worship attendance of 800.
The largest church in the survey had an average weekend worship attendance of 8000.
The average (mean) church attendance was 2942.
The median (midpoint of data set) was 2252.
Annual General Budget Income
The number reported is the actual income for the last fiscal year:
The lowest to income reported was $1,800,000.
The highest income reported was $17,588,121.
The median income was $3,875,000.
The average income was $5,210,427.
Salary Levels
The
survey asked for cash salary plus housing allowances for various roles.
It does not include other benefits that are often a sizeable part of a
minister’s compensation package. In addition, many churches have
“Directors” which are not labeled “ministers” but serve in an
equivalent role. Where there was role equivalency, these numbers were
included in the survey.
Senior Pastor
• Average $130,004
• Median $126,900
Low $ 84,000
High $192,400
Executive Pastor
• Average $97,803
• Median $96,000
Low $61,437
High $167,300
Associate Pastor
• Average $ 80,441
• Median $ 78,850
Low $ 52,200
High $ 125,000
Worship Pastor
• Average $ 72,454
• Median $ 73,000
Low $ 36,000
High $ 115,900
Teaching Pastor
• Average $ 70,690
• Median $ 62,150
Low $ 47,000
High $ 126,200
Operations Director
• Average $ 71,607
• Median $ 75,000
Low $ 47,400
High $ 100,000
Business Administrator
• Average $70,690
• Median $70,200
Low $41,640
High $121,000
Equipping Pastor
• Average $ 70,300
• Median $ 74,000
Low $ 40,000
High $ 92,500
Director of Programming
• Average $ 69,653
• Median $ 56,650
Low $ 38,720
High $ 115,000
Family Ministry Pastor
• Average $ 69,180
• Median $ 71,475
Low $ 53,098
High $ 90,000
Small Groups Pastor
• Average $ 68,564
• Median $ 63,655
Low $ 43,700
High $ 150,000
Missions Pastor
• Average $ 67,370
• Median $ 66,000
Low $ 25,000
High $ 130,000
Pastoral Care Pastor
• Average $ 64,514
• Median $ 65,000
Low $ 36,000
High $ 90,000
Men’s Ministry Pastor
• Average $ 62,657
• Median $ 56,300
Low $ 50,000
High $ 78,000
Outreach Pastor
• Average $ 60,300
• Median $ 60,000
Low $ 30,000
High $ 100,800
Student Ministry Pastor
• Average $ 55,961
• Median $ 52,929
Low $ 40,000
High $ 74,000
Children’s Ministry Pastor
• Average $ 55,026
• Median $ 53,525
Low $ 35,000
High $ 78,000
Women’s Ministry Pastor
• Average $ 53,758
• Median $ 56,340
Low $ 26,000
High $ 72,400
High School Pastor
• Average $ 51,152
• Median $ 53,100
Low $ 32,287
High $ 69,000
Church Technology Director
• Average $ 51,070
• Median $ 51,000
Low $ 25,000
High $ 87,000
Communications Director
• Average $ 50,277
• Median $ 47,200
Low $ 26,000
High $ 82,000
Media Director
• Average $ 49,508
• Median $ 51,500
Low $ 37,507
High $ 60,200
Human Resources Director
• Average $ 47,087
• Median $ 45,000
Low $ 31,000
High $ 70,484
Middle School Pastor
• Average $ 45,845
• Median $ 46,000
Low $ 27,500
High $ 62,500
Younger Children’s Ministry Pastor
• Average $ 45,714
• Median $ 40,000
Low $ 32,000
High $ 66,800
Older Children’s Ministry Pastor
• Average $ 40,050
• Median $ 40,050
Low $ 37,600
High $ 42,500
1 comment:
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
I do realize that though Bruno. I would guess it's even higher than 95% but I suppose McIntosh knows more about it than I do. I had a course here at seminary where we spent a good amount of time looking at churches of various sizes and locations, and that gave me a pretty good feel for what is out there. Still, I'd love to work at a larger church, at least for a while, to experience what that is like. I have plenty of small church experience at this point.
Big Chris
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