Salary Data
What Christian jobs actually pay
Real compensation data from complete salary ranges at churches, ministries, schools, and Christian nonprofits. No surveys, no self-reports.
Salary data points
7,628
listings with complete salary rangesRole types tracked
24
5+ listings per published statListings that post pay
54%
includes one-sided ranges like $75k+Data refresh
Weekly
last run September 14, 2026Browse salaries by role
Every figure is computed from complete salary ranges on real listings and shows its listing count.
Healthcare→
$78,973 median
4,694 listings · September 14, 2026Operations→
$65,000 median
876 listings · September 14, 2026Administration→
$50,500 median
357 listings · September 14, 2026Counselor→
$69,750 median
313 listings · September 14, 2026Education→
$59,250 median
229 listings · September 14, 2026Accounting & Finance→
$71,526 median
196 listings · September 14, 2026Christian School Teacher→
$45,760 median
117 listings · September 14, 2026Food Service & Hospitality→
$40,500 median
105 listings · September 14, 2026Facilities & Trades→
$41,708 median
98 listings · September 14, 2026Administrative Assistant→
$44,800 median
89 listings · September 14, 2026Development Director→
$79,691 median
88 listings · September 14, 2026Ministry Director→
$49,800 median
79 listings · September 14, 2026Social Work→
$47,320 median
64 listings · September 14, 2026Human Resources→
$90,797 median
61 listings · September 14, 2026Nonprofit Program Director→
$65,838 median
61 listings · September 14, 2026Communications & Media→
$61,500 median
45 listings · September 14, 2026Youth Pastor→
$47,400 median
36 listings · September 14, 2026Chaplain→
$37,600 median
23 listings · September 14, 2026Communications Director→
$51,000 median
23 listings · September 14, 2026Nonprofit Executive Director→
$167,742 median
22 listings · September 14, 2026Worship Leader→
$65,500 median
19 listings · September 14, 2026Children's Ministry Director→
$46,750 median
15 listings · September 14, 2026Pastor→
$80,000 median
10 listings · September 14, 2026Missionary→
$45,425 median
8 listings · September 14, 2026Looking for tech & digital salaries? Software engineering, IT, and digital ministry roles are on our sister site, Christian Tech Jobs ↗
How we build these numbers
Most ministry salary pages are surveys from years ago or a guess with a dollar sign. Ours are computed directly from compensation posted on live job listings across our boards, the same listings you can apply to.
- ✓Salary benchmarks use complete posted salary ranges
- ✓One-sided ranges count toward posting rate, not medians
- ✓No stat is published below 5 listings
- ✓Hourly and salary comp normalized to annual full-time equivalent
- ✓Every stat shows its listing count and refresh date