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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bartlett Jackson Emergency Services

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 020364637
NH · NTEE M23
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Murnik, Executive Director / CEO ($66,425) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 334 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Michael Murnik — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

334 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 334 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$148 total compensation of comparable organizations → $330,159 $66,425
$1,37010th
$4,85925th
$18,237Median
$63,94575th
$101,76990th
$66,425This org · 75th
p10$1,370
p25$4,859
p50$18,237
p75$63,945
p90$101,769
$66,425

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to NH cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Parkton Fire And Rescue Inc NC$462,628 Fire Chief $5,760 $6,446 2024
The North Stonington Volunteer Fire CT$463,049 Chief $10,769 $11,258 2023
Coalition For A Safer Web DC$460,886 President $10,000 $9,504 2024
Central Alexander Fire Department NC$463,632 Chief/ex Off $24,845 $27,086 2025
Stafford Fire Department Inc NY$464,010 Secretary $900 $881 2024
The Crash Foundation DC$464,567 Executive Director $156,847 $149,061 2024
Kohlsville Volunteer Fire Co WI$465,328 Chief $650 $735 2024
Last Call Foundation Inc MA$458,135 Executive Di $53,170 $51,745 2024
Lamott Fire Company No 1 PA$467,417 Trustee $2,126 $2,296 2024
Humboldt Fire Department Inc SD$467,960 Chief $120 $148 2023
Fire District 28 Inc NC$468,115 Chief $68,549 $76,708 2024
Inlet Volunteer Emergency Services NY$468,853 Squad Captai $69,360 $67,877 2024
Mansfield Hose Company PA$469,849 Treasurer $900 $1,001 2023
Solidarity Inc PA$470,062 President $33,210 $35,867 2024
Wicksburg Volunteer Fire & Rescue AL$473,763 Chief $45,001 $52,651 2024
Exeter Volunteer Fire Department #1 Inc RI$474,368 Chief $21,586 $22,416 2024
Lodi Volunteer Ambulance Rescue Squad Inc NJ$449,326 Secretary $6,200 $6,172 2023
Wilderness Volunteer Fire Department Inc WV$448,811 Chairman $10,932 $13,198 2023
Goodwill Fire Co No 1 Of York Twp PA$448,641 Co-treasurer $3,206 $3,462 2024
Waseca Firefighter's Relief Association MN$476,221 President $275 $294 2024
Grassroots Aid Partnership Inc NC$477,362 Executive Director $12,879 $14,837 2023
Fire Adapted Colorado CO$477,857 Executive Director $67,284 $69,872 2024
West Chester Volunteer Firemans PA$446,136 President $5,850 $6,318 2024
National Ohv Insurance & Services WI$446,105 President $66,830 $77,820 2023
Northern Kentucky Emergency Medical KY$445,809 Director $26,432 $31,663 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to NH cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Michael Murnik) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 334 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (M), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $66,425 is reasonable (approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.