Location
The number one requested way to analyze salary is based on location. Learn how to localize compensation and why it may not be the best way to set salaries at your church.
Practical resources, data, and knowledge to help ChurchSalary members adjust nationwide salaries based on several local variables.
Editorial Staff
How and why did the pandemic disproportionately impact different demographics?
Find out where the best-paid pastors live and how your region ranks.
Aaron M. Hill
Two of the most eye-opening numbers in every ChurchSalary report are the cost-of-living index and median household income. What are they? And how do they apply to you and your church?
Localizing salaries for pastors presents a unique set of challenges and required developing a new methodology.
It is tempting to just ask around: How much are pastors being paid down the road? But, this isn’t actually the best way to localize salary.
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Is your church located in an large city, suburb, rural area, or small town? And why does it matter?
Churches used to benchmark wages based on local school teacher salaries. The Comparable Jobs sections updates this approach for the twenty-first century.
Localizing salaries for pastors presents a unique set of challenges and required developing a new methodology.
The cost of living index (COLI) is a powerful measurement, but exercise discretion when applying this number to salaries at your church.
Editorial Staff
