Nonprofit General Counsel Salary in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land Metro
See how General Counsel pay compares across nonprofits in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land 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.
General Counsel pay in Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land
In Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, a General Counsel at a $10M – $25M nonprofit is paid a median of $123,475. Pay tracks organization size closely: the median is $114,300 at $1M – $2.5M organizations and $299,478 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 |
|---|---|---|
| $1M – $2.5M | $114,300 | 5 |
| $10M – $25M | $123,475 | 7 |
| $50M+ | $299,478 | 18 |
Source: IRS Form 990 Part VII, as filed. Kindora does not audit, verify, or certify any figure.
How Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land compares
At $10M – $25M organizations, a General Counsel in Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land is paid a median of $123,475 — 31% below the national median of $178,948 for the same budget size. That ranks 22 of 24 we publish for this role and budget size.
| Rank | Place | Median pay | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler | $140,979 | 6 |
| 21 | Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro | $125,389 | 5 |
| 22 | Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land | $123,475 | 7 |
| 23 | Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Alpharetta | $118,680 | 13 |
| 24 | Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington | $98,424 | 15 |
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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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