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Nonprofit salaries are up overall, but women still lag behind men
July 17, 2000The Second Annual Survey of Remuneration and Benefits in the Canadian fundraising profession is out and many of the trends noted in the first survey continue this year. Women still hold most of the fundraising jobs across the country (64.5%), but they continue to be paid an average of 10% less than men in the same positions. The mean total cash compensation for all respondents in 1998 was $52,610 and $52,191 for full-time workers.
The survey, conducted by the Hilborn Group in conjunction with professional associations across the country, examined salary information, education, accreditation, memberships, and benefits.
Some of the key findings:
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- Male full-time respondents earned a mean compensation of $55,929, while women earned an average of $50,356.
- Self-employed respondents reported the highest average compensation, at $93,714. Part-time employees earned the lowest compensation at $20,908.
- More than 73% of respondents had a university degree, either undergraduate or advanced. Those with an advanced degree earned higher salaries and bonuses than those with less formal education.
- The average length of tenure in the fundraising profession is 7.9 years, with 20% of respondents having worked in the field for more than 10 years.
- Fundraisers with more experience earn higher salaries than newcomers. The mean salary for a fundraiser with more than 15 years of experience was $68,831. The mean salary for someone in his or her first year of fundraising was $31,643.
- 27% of respondents are relative newcomers to the field, having worked in fundraising for 3 years or less.
- Full-time fundraisers in Ontario earned the highest mean salaries at $54,991, while those in Quebec earned the lowest at $45,700. Fundraisers in the Atlantic provinces earned an average of $49,878; Manitoba and Saskatchewan averaged $49,159; Alberta respondents came in at $46,821; and respondents in B.C. earned an average of $48,713.
- Nearly 70% of respondents reported higher earnings in 1998 over 1997.
- Overall, 91.3% of respondents work full-time. Women are slightly more likely to work full time than men, but men are more than twice as likely to work as self-employed consultants (6.8% vs. 3.2%).
- The average time spent in a respondent's current job was 3.4 years, with 62.5% of respondents having spent less than three years in their current position.
- The mean average time for annual vacations was 3.9 weeks, up from 3.8 in the last survey.
- Nonprofit employers offer a range of employee benefits, but the most common benefit mentioned in the survey was flexible working hours (63.8%). Other popular benefits include professional association memberships (62.8%), basic medical (60%) and extended health care coverage (41.7%).
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