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A quick check of the Census information for Missoula, MT indicates that a salary of $100,000 is in the 52nd percentile for that area for family income. In other words 48 out of a 100 families of Missoula make more than that. The average (mean) family income for that area is $100,500 per year. It would be interesting how many members of the organization are in the same family, and what the resulting 'family' income is. It doesn't take much more income to put the 'family' income level toward the upper end for the area. For instance if one other family member of the Executive Director was receiving a ACA salary of just $25,000. That would put their 'family income at the 80th percentile. If that family member received a salary of just $50,000 that would put their family income level at the 91st percentile.

On its own a salary of $100,000 for an Executive director of a national non-profit of that magnitude ($4-$5 million annually) isn't really unusual. Of greater concern is the frequency such non-profits salaries have a tendency to be spent incestuously (on family and friends).