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Church administrator salary

Average church administrator salary

$62,646

$30.12 hourly rate

Entry-level church administrator salary
$39,000 yearly salary
Updated January 8, 2025
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Average church administrator salary by state

Highest paying states for church administrators

RankStateAvg. salaryHourly rate
1Massachusetts$84,495$40.62
2Washington$78,376$37.68
3New Hampshire$75,539$36.32
4Rhode Island$74,795$35.96
5Arizona$67,020$32.22
6Vermont$66,265$31.86
7Pennsylvania$68,487$32.93
8New Jersey$74,866$35.99
9California$72,457$34.84
10Delaware$74,557$35.84
11New York$68,579$32.97
12Connecticut$68,322$32.85
13Michigan$67,008$32.22
14Nevada$61,829$29.73
15Oregon$61,314$29.48
16District of Columbia$75,723$36.41
17Illinois$62,100$29.86
18Kansas$60,333$29.01
19North Dakota$55,612$26.74
20Utah$55,034$26.46
21Ohio$58,853$28.29
22Wisconsin$60,349$29.01
23New Mexico$54,419$26.16
24North Carolina$54,903$26.40
25Alabama$54,134$26.03
26Hawaii$59,447$28.58
27Virginia$64,935$31.22
28Minnesota$55,738$26.80
29Alaska$53,458$25.70
30Maine$58,104$27.93
31Colorado$53,050$25.50
32Texas$53,188$25.57
33Florida$52,882$25.42
34Missouri$54,791$26.34
35Maryland$63,272$30.42
36South Dakota$54,146$26.03
37Iowa$53,326$25.64
38Oklahoma$53,033$25.50
39Georgia$52,637$25.31
40Nebraska$49,902$23.99
41Idaho$48,093$23.12
42Louisiana$52,829$25.40
43West Virginia$49,439$23.77
44Indiana$50,758$24.40
45Wyoming$42,926$20.64
46Kentucky$49,138$23.62
47Arkansas$49,086$23.60
48South Carolina$44,615$21.45
49Mississippi$45,196$21.73
50Tennessee$44,367$21.33
51Montana$41,040$19.73

Church administrator salary details

A church administrator's salary ranges from $39,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $98,000 at the 90th percentile.

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Average church administrator salary graph, trends, and summary

What is a church administrator's salary?

PercentileAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rate
90th Percentile$98,000$8,167$47
75th Percentile$79,000$6,583$38
Average$62,646$5,221$30
25th Percentile$49,000$4,083$24
10th Percentile$39,000$3,250$19

Highest paying church administrator jobs

The highest paying types of church administrators are service office manager, team manager, and administrator.

Job titleAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rateJob openings
Office Manager$43,395$3,616$20.8653,712
Team Manager$82,017$6,835$39.4396,615
Project Management Internship$33,909$2,826$16.30114,595
Support Staff$31,772$2,648$15.28161,915
Service Office Manager$83,838$6,987$40.3178,043
Service Supervisor$52,539$4,378$25.2677,954

Top companies hiring church administrators now:

  1. Grace Church jobs (3)
  2. Regions Bank jobs (2)
  3. United Methodist Church jobs (6)
  4. ST. MARK'S jobs (2)

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$73,000$71,200$69,400$67,600$65,800$64,000
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Church administrator salary trends

The average church administrator salary has risen by $10,332 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average church administrator earned $52,314 annually, but today, they earn $62,646 a year. That works out to a 8% change in pay for church administrators over the last decade.

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Average church administrator salary over time

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Church administrator salary by year

YearAvg. salaryHourly rate% Change
2025$62,600$30.12+3.1%
2024$60,700$29.18+1.4%
2023$59,800$28.76+1.3%
2022$59,000$28.37+1.3%
2021$58,200$28.00+3.1%

Recently added church administrator salaries

CompanyJobLocationDate addedSalary
Covenant Theological SeminaryChurch AdministratorArlington, VA05/10/2025$30,000
DiopaParish Administrator-Church of The GoodRosemont, CA02/18/2025$34,000
National Churches Trust GroupChurch Support AdministratorLondon, KY02/16/2025$29,835
Grace Episcopal Church of CollegeChurch AdministratorCincinnati, OH01/20/2025$41,740
FurststaffingChurch AdministratorRockford, IL10/03/2024$41,740
Evangelical Free Churches of AmericaChurch AdministratorClovis, CA09/26/2024$40,300
Presbytery of The James DoChurch AdministratorChester, VA09/25/2024$29,218
Grace Episcopal Church of CollegeChurch AdministratorCincinnati, OH09/22/2024$41,740
GracepresbyteryAdministrator of Family and Adult Ministries Grace Presbyterian ChurchPlano, TX09/15/2024$37,566
MinistrylistChurch AdministratorBoone, NC09/13/2024$13,000

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