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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202578572
WI · NTEE J40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chad Thompson, Executive Director / CEO ($3,826) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 167 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Chad Thompson — reported title “PRESIDENT (THRU AUG)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

167 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 167 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $270,059 $3,826
$1,90010th
$6,58625th
$23,902Median
$76,71975th
$134,17890th
$3,826This org · 18th
p10$1,900
p25$6,586
p50$23,902
p75$76,719
p90$134,178
$3,826

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 WI 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
Two Rivers Uniserv Unit CO$391,753 Uniserv Director $166,897 $149,286 2025
Iupat Dc 21 Nj Lmf-jtb NJ$389,823 Trustee $157,149 $134,349 2024
New York District Council NJ$386,073 President $87,846 $75,101 2024
Pafca-aal TX$385,409 President $25,993 $24,255 2025
Clark County Deputy Sheriffs Guild WA$403,114 President $7,200 $6,355 2023
Wisconsin Building Trades Council WI$403,241 Excecutive Director $158,872 $163,565 2023
Foundation For Fair Contracting - MD$381,958 Executive Director $187,413 $172,726 2023
Smithtown Teachers Assoc NY$380,190 Treasurer $1,706 $1,476 2024
Fire Fighters Of Boca Raton Local 1560 FL$405,964 President $27,971 $25,160 2024
Professional Firefighters Of Marion FL$379,839 President $12,656 $11,721 2023
Connecticut Federation Of School CT$378,502 Co-president $75,000 $69,322 2023
Ohio Valley And Southern States Laborers OH$374,527 Director $63,633 $64,534 2024
King County Corrections Guild WA$412,407 President $34,109 $30,104 2023
International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers FL$373,358 Director $83,157 $72,873 2025
Jefferson County Education CO$372,786 President $141,132 $129,580 2024
United Union Of Roofers 42 Rdwa OH$371,848 Business Man $76,305 $77,386 2024
American Federation Of Government Employees Afl Cio Local 3369 NY$414,026 3rd Vice President $1,350 $1,203 2023
Amalgamated Union Local 1 Noitu NY$414,611 President $151,711 $135,144 2023
Lancaster Education Association PA$415,826 President $6,918 $6,606 2024
Teamsters Local 703 Labor-management IL$416,350 Trustee $86,324 $81,262 2024
New Ulm Fire Department Relief Assn MN$416,433 President $2,700 $2,555 2024
Natl Postal Mail Handlers Union OR$416,772 President $60,542 $55,424 2023
Employing Bricklayers Association PA$417,332 Exec Director $120,042 $114,625 2024
Bowling Green State University OH$367,156 President $8,400 $8,770 2023
Classified Employees AK$366,877 President $95,791 $87,691 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted30th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Chad Thompson) 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 167 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,826 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.