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Nonprofit Chief Business Officer Salary in the Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson Metro

See how Chief Business Officer pay compares across nonprofits in the Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson 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 Business Officer pay in Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson

In Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson, a Chief Business Officer at a $10M – $25M nonprofit is paid a median of $194,068. Pay tracks organization size closely: the median is $191,359 at $2.5M – $5M organizations and $359,081 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 Business Officer compensation in Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson by annual budget, with the number of filings behind each figure.
Annual budgetMedian payFilings
$2.5M – $5M$191,3596
$10M – $25M$194,06822
$50M+$359,08116

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

How Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson compares

At $10M – $25M organizations, a Chief Business Officer in Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson is paid a median of $194,068 — 8% above the national median of $179,166 for the same budget size. That ranks 8 of 29 we publish for this role and budget size.

Median Chief Business Officer pay at $10M – $25M organizations, ranked, with Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson and its nearest neighbors.
RankPlaceMedian payFilings
6Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue$203,10726
7San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley$199,95369
8Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson$194,06822
9Boston–Cambridge–Newton$193,82258
10Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim$187,45653

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 →

What you get

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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