Recommended Salary Ranges for Congregational Staff

By Jan Gartner, Sean Griffin

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On This Page

  • Key Documents (copied from the Congregational Salary Program page for your convenience)
  • Recommended Salary Ranges for 2024-2025
  • Recommended Salary Ranges for 2023-2024

Key Documents

These documents are posted here for your convenience. They are the same ones found on our main Congregational Salary Program page.

  • Salary Process Guidance (PDF): Includes values-based policies and practices along with instructions for use of our Recommended Salary Ranges.
  • Geo Index Listing (PDF): The Geo Index for your congregation's location provides an adjustment to national pay norms based on local wages. Updated for the '24-'25 Congregational Year.
  • Congregational Size Profiles (PDF): New size categories (4) are based primarily on membership, with budget and staffing levels as supplemental information. Updated for the '24-'25 Congregational Year.
  • Job Level Rubric (PDF) : The job level of each employee is based on job characteristics.

Recommended Salary Ranges for 2024-2025

Notes

  1. Ministerial salaries include Salary and Housing.
  2. Benefit costs are figured separately. Use our Compensation Worksheet (Excel) to determine the cost of benefits.

Recommended Salary Ranges by Geo Index

After reviewing our Salary Process Guidance, use the resources above to:

  1. Look up your Geo Index.
  2. Determine your Congregational Size Profile.
  3. Choose the best Job Level for each employee.

Recommended Salary Ranges for 2023-2024

Notes

  1. When referencing salary recommendations for '23-'24, please use the Geo Index Listing for 2023-2024 (PDF).
  2. When referencing salary recommendations for '23-'24, please use the Congregational Size Profiles (PDF) for 2023-2024.
  3. Ministerial salaries include Salary and Housing.
  4. Benefit costs are figured separately. Use our Compensation Worksheet (Excel) to determine the cost of benefits.

'23-'24 Recommended Salary Ranges by Geo Index

About the Authors

Jan Gartner
Jan Gartner

Jan is passionate about helping congregations live out their values within their walls!...

Sean has short gray hair and glasses. He is wearing a blue button down shirt and smiling in front of a teal backdrop.
Sean Griffin

Sean is thrilled to be part of OCSF after serving as the Executive Director for a mid-sized UU congregation and, prior to that, pursuing a career in non-profit management focused on the performing arts....

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