For associations seeking to stay competitive in the marketplace and association professionals contemplating career moves, access to accurate salary and compensation information is essential. To track this key data, ASAE conducts a research survey every two years exploring compensation levels for association professionals in various fields and makes that data available a variety of ways.

Whether you want comprehensive data for organizational benchmarking or information on specific positions to help you in a job search or career planning, there is an option for you.

COMPREHENSIVE DATA

AssociaMetrics Premium provides online access to the full complement of association industry data aggregated from ASAE, including Association Compensation and Benefits Study and Association Operating Ratio Report plus PDFs of additional benchmarking reports prepared by ASAE, including both volumes of Benchmarking in Association Management Policies and Procedures , Association Investment Policies, Practices, and Performance and Blue Chip CEO Compensation Study , all at a reduced package price.

Association Compensation & Benefits Access allows you to sort ASAE’s compensation and benefits data by multiple filters such as budget, staff size, geographic location, and scope for comparison against organizations similar to yours. A one-year subscription includes access to electronic copies of the two survey reports below.

Association Compensation & Benefits Study, 2020–2021, includes data from every organization that responded to ASAE’s survey. It provides compensation information for more than 70 job titles within associations, along with a demographic look at the responding organizations. This study also includes benefits information.
Print Version  PDF Version 

Greater Washington Association Compensation & Benefits Study, 2020–2021, includes data from responding organizations in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and reports on more than 65 association positions. This report also includes benefits information.

Blue Chip CEO Compensation Study (PDF) includes extracted results from the compensation survey, the tables in this report provide aggregate CEO compensation and benefits data from organizations that pay their CEO in excess of $200,000. The data are categorized by budget, staff size, geographic location, and other variables for comparison purposes. This report also includes benefits information.

Data by Position

Compensation tables for positions in the following association functional areas are available as downloadable PDFs:

Executive Office

Administration/Support

Finance/Accounting Office

Human Resources

Membership

Marketing

Publications/Advertising

Research/Library

Fundraising/Foundation

Public Relations/Legislative

Education/PD/Credentialing

Meetings/Expositions/Tradeshows

Technology