Nonprofit Chief Business Officer Salary in the Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler Metro
See how Chief Business Officer pay compares across nonprofits in the Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler 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 Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler
In Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler, a Chief Business Officer at a $10M – $25M nonprofit is paid a median of $181,464. Pay tracks organization size closely: the median is $125,178 at $2.5M – $5M organizations and $333,850 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.
| Annual budget | Median pay | Filings |
|---|---|---|
| $2.5M – $5M | $125,178 | 9 |
| $10M – $25M | $181,464 | 23 |
| $50M+ | $333,850 | 19 |
Source: IRS Form 990 Part VII, as filed. Kindora does not audit, verify, or certify any figure.
How Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler compares
At $10M – $25M organizations, a Chief Business Officer in Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler is paid a median of $181,464 — 1% above the national median of $179,166 for the same budget size. That ranks 14 of 29 we publish for this role and budget size.
| Rank | Place | Median pay | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Kansas City | $183,535 | 11 |
| 13 | San Diego–Chula Vista–Carlsbad | $181,839 | 15 |
| 14 | Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler | $181,464 | 23 |
| 15 | Cincinnati | $176,323 | 7 |
| 16 | Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro | $176,109 | 15 |
Other roles in Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler
Median pay for other leadership positions in Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler, from the same IRS Form 990 filings.
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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.
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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