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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pike County Economic Development

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 134216019
AL · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chase Cobb, Executive Director / CEO ($174,187) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 538 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Chase Cobb — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

538 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 538 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $393,078 $174,187
$29,96610th
$58,51925th
$87,173Median
$127,15575th
$176,98190th
$174,187This org · 89th
p10$29,966
p25$58,519
p50$87,173
p75$127,155
p90$176,981
$174,187

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 AL 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
Armed Forces Marketing Council VA$470,536 President $351,695 $314,325 2024
Camara De Comercio Del Sur De Puerto Rico Inc PR$470,820 Executive Director $38,377 $38,377 2024
Maine Outdoor Brands Inc ME$470,897 Executive Director $82,944 $79,150 2023
White House Chamber Of Commerce TN$470,907 Director $88,461 $86,070 2024
Chicago Area Independent Constructi IL$467,890 Director $114,400 $107,180 2023
La Crosse Area Realtors Association WI$467,721 Assoc Execut $111,858 $108,133 2024
American Business Council Kuwait $466,769 Executive Director $54,539 $56,150 2023
New York Organization For Nursing NY$473,608 Executive Dir. $75,000 $62,732 2024
Broussard Chamber Of Commerce LA$466,085 Ceo $76,800 $78,279 2024
Crew Charlotte Inc NC$473,737 Executive Director $104,044 $102,450 2023
Committee Of Chief Risk Officers Inc TX$473,946 Director $259,448 $247,325 2023
Gage Area Growth Enterprise NE$465,745 Executive Di $92,211 $91,803 2024
Association Of Educational Purchasing Agencies NM$474,160 Exec Director $97,000 $99,423 2023
New Mexico Angels Inc NM$465,415 Chairman $12,844 $12,787 2024
The Real Estate Valuation Advocacy DC$465,210 Secretary $223,850 $181,828 2024
Mass Funeral Directors Assoc Inc MA$474,522 Exec Director $63,158 $51,180 2025
Ceo Roundtables Of Minnesota Inc MN$464,858 Ceo & President $150,000 $141,248 2023
Juniata River Valley Visitors Bureau PA$475,732 Executive Director $54,567 $50,370 2024
Trebic Inc NC$463,665 Director/president $91,705 $87,709 2024
Precastprestressed Con Ins Ne NY$476,290 Key Employee $168,258 $137,109 2025
Cfa Society Of Minnesota MN$462,913 Executive Director $106,721 $100,494 2023
Mid South Sign Association Inc TN$476,999 Executive Director $67,714 $67,830 2023
Kelso Longview Chamber Of Commerce WA$462,716 Ceo $79,740 $68,035 2023
Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber Of GA$462,685 President & Ceo $124,200 $115,595 2024
Greater Ocean City Golf Association MD$462,314 Managing Director $90,000 $77,885 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 (Chase Cobb) 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 538 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $174,187 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.