Nonprofit Chief Business Officer Salary in the Arts, Culture & Humanities Sector
See how Chief Business Officer pay compares across Arts, Culture & Humanities nonprofits — by budget size. Built from IRS Form 990 filings across 186,890 nonprofits.
Chief Business Officer pay in Arts, Culture & Humanities
In Arts, Culture & Humanities, a Chief Business Officer at a $1M – $5M nonprofit is paid a median of $112,737. Pay tracks organization size closely: the median is $6,866 at Under $500K organizations and $164,069 at $5M+ 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under $500K | $6,866 | 5 |
| $1M – $5M | $112,737 | 12 |
| $5M+ | $164,069 | 48 |
Source: IRS Form 990 Part VII, as filed. Kindora does not audit, verify, or certify any figure.
How Arts, Culture & Humanities compares
A Chief Business Officer in Arts, Culture & Humanities is paid a median of $112,737 at $1M – $5M organizations, which ranks 5 of 8 we publish for this role and budget size.
| Rank | Place | Median pay | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Human Services | $121,481 | 51 |
| 4 | Education | $113,513 | 69 |
| 5 | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $112,737 | 12 |
| 6 | Health Care | $108,363 | 32 |
| 7 | Housing & Shelter | $105,002 | 28 |
Other roles in Arts, Culture & Humanities
Median pay for other leadership positions in Arts, Culture & Humanities, from the same IRS Form 990 filings.
- CEO / Executive Director pay in Arts, Culture & Humanities
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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 →
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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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