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
11,886
listings with complete salary rangesRole types tracked
24
5+ listings per published statListings that post pay
52%
includes one-sided ranges like $75k+Data refresh
Weekly
last run November 2, 2026Browse salaries by role
Every figure is computed from complete salary ranges on real listings and shows its listing count.
Healthcare→
$63,250 median
7,517 listings · November 2, 2026Operations→
$63,250 median
1,249 listings · November 2, 2026Administration→
$49,960 median
541 listings · November 2, 2026Counselor→
$70,750 median
493 listings · November 2, 2026Education→
$57,883 median
347 listings · November 2, 2026Accounting & Finance→
$72,500 median
261 listings · November 2, 2026Christian School Teacher→
$50,016 median
174 listings · November 2, 2026Administrative Assistant→
$43,750 median
165 listings · November 2, 2026Food Service & Hospitality→
$40,500 median
154 listings · November 2, 2026Facilities & Trades→
$41,726 median
153 listings · November 2, 2026Social Work→
$55,100 median
139 listings · November 2, 2026Development Director→
$80,000 median
117 listings · November 2, 2026Human Resources→
$87,500 median
103 listings · November 2, 2026Ministry Director→
$48,950 median
99 listings · November 2, 2026Nonprofit Program Director→
$78,609 median
88 listings · November 2, 2026Communications & Media→
$60,000 median
67 listings · November 2, 2026Chaplain→
$37,970 median
47 listings · November 2, 2026Youth Pastor→
$46,800 median
39 listings · November 2, 2026Communications Director→
$62,500 median
33 listings · November 2, 2026Nonprofit Executive Director→
$172,984 median
33 listings · November 2, 2026Worship Leader→
$66,480 median
23 listings · November 2, 2026Children's Ministry Director→
$46,515 median
22 listings · November 2, 2026Pastor→
$80,000 median
11 listings · November 2, 2026Missionary→
$25,000 median
11 listings · November 2, 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