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Nonprofit Chief Administrative Officer Salary in the Providence–Warwick Metro

See how Chief Administrative Officer pay compares across nonprofits in the Providence–Warwick metro area — by budget size. Built from IRS Form 990 filings across 186,890 nonprofits. This metro is a free preview; the full set of 30 metro-area benchmarks is part of a paid plan.

Chief Administrative Officer pay in Providence–Warwick

In Providence–Warwick, a Chief Administrative Officer at a $5M – $10M nonprofit is paid a median of $154,790. Pay tracks organization size closely: the median is $37,412 at $500K – $1M organizations and $286,237 at $50M+ ones. Figures are medians of what organizations reported on their IRS Form 990 filings — half of comparable leaders are paid less, half more.

Median Chief Administrative Officer compensation in Providence–Warwick by annual budget, with the number of filings behind each figure.
Annual budgetMedian payFilings
$500K – $1M$37,4125
$5M – $10M$154,79011
$50M+$286,2379

Source: IRS Form 990 Part VII, as filed. Kindora does not audit, verify, or certify any figure.

How Providence–Warwick compares

At $5M – $10M organizations, a Chief Administrative Officer in Providence–Warwick is paid a median of $154,790 — 8% above the national median of $142,933 for the same budget size. That ranks 11 of 25 we publish for this role and budget size.

Median Chief Administrative Officer pay at $5M – $10M organizations, ranked, with Providence–Warwick and its nearest neighbors.
RankPlaceMedian payFilings
9Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim$158,52037
10San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley$155,61737
11Providence–Warwick$154,79011
12New York–Newark–Jersey City$149,604103
13Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington$148,36013

Every number here summarizes what nonprofits reported on their public IRS Form 990 filings. Filings can contain errors and we don't certify any figure — for a decision that matters, check the organization's actual 990. How we build these benchmarks →

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Free, interactive nonprofit pay benchmarks from public IRS filings.

Source
IRS Form 990 Part VII
Coverage
186,890 nonprofits
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Data as of September 2026
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Built from the public IRS Form 990 Part VII filings as the IRS publishes them.

How we built these benchmarks

  • Source: IRS Form 990 Part VII filings (the public disclosure of nonprofit officer pay).
  • Positions classified by an AI model into 14 standard nonprofit leadership roles.
  • Peer cells require at least 5 filings; smaller samples are suppressed.
  • Latest data: September 2026.

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