05/22/2024

Pay Discrepancies by Gender in Associations

Association salaries for women CEOs continue to lag behind men’s

March 12, 2024, was Equal Pay Day, the point on the calendar, according to the National Committee for Pay Equity, that symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year.

And When It Comes to Associations…

ASAE’s executive compensation team, which consults with associations and boards of directors to benchmark salaries in associations, analyzed data from 2,868 national associations that had paid a full-time CEO.

They found that women association chief executives continue to earn less than men in the same positions in nearly every organizational category. In trade groups, women earn a median of 12 percent less. In professional societies, it is 10 percent less.

Please select this link to read the complete article from ASAE’s Center for Association Leadership.