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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United Union Of Roofers Waterproofers

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 221446060
NJ · NTEE J40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard Silva, Executive Director / CEO ($5,649) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 166 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Richard Silva — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

166 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 166 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$328 total compensation of comparable organizations → $315,890 $5,649
$3,46710th
$10,36025th
$50,278Median
$115,72575th
$173,16190th
$5,649This org · 14th
p10$3,467
p25$10,360
p50$50,278
p75$115,725
p90$173,161
$5,649

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 NJ 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
Local 37 Iron Workers Jac Fund RI$481,058 Union Trustee $111,319 $123,084 2023
Abatement Workers Local #207 Joint Training Fund MI$484,778 Training Director $43,004 $49,715 2024
Niagara County Electrical Construction NY$477,138 Secretary $61,912 $62,660 2024
United Brotherhood Of Carpenters OH$486,457 President $3,809 $4,402 2025
International Union Uaw Local 2406 TN$471,254 F.s./treas. $11,477 $13,512 2024
Federal Contract Guards Of America NY$491,873 President $57,750 $58,448 2024
Ironworkers Local Union No 12 And NY$495,263 Trustee $75,954 $76,872 2024
Ua Local 524 Education Fund PA$495,314 Fund Director $213,393 $245,384 2023
Int'l Union Of Elevator Constructor AL$499,918 Business Rep $128,772 $155,814 2024
League Of International Federated NY$500,135 President $48,921 $49,512 2024
East St Louis Federation Of Teache IL$502,276 President $28,800 $30,895 2025
United Brotherhood Of Carpenters AL$458,952 President $748 $905 2024
International Federation Of Professional NJ$457,558 President $22,355 $23,015 2023
Weac Region 5 WI$505,393 President $1,098 $1,284 2024
Lakeland Federation Of Teachers NY$505,613 President $12,362 $12,511 2024
National Institute For Labor VA$506,319 Senior Research Associate $132,809 $143,624 2024
American Federation Of Local Government AL$456,182 President $20,400 $24,684 2024
Arlington Professional Firefighters & Paramedics Assn Inc VA$507,829 President $15,002 $16,703 2023
Local Union 355 Ua Plumbing And CA$508,325 Exam Bd/organizer - Term 10/22 $81,817 $81,466 2023
Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers WA$508,423 Executive Director $241,506 $242,173 2024
American Federation Of Govt Employees Local 933 MI$451,682 President $8,725 $10,385 2023
Boilermakers Local 27 Supplemental MO$512,755 Trustee & Sec $121,189 $143,763 2024
Building And Construction Trades Council NV$446,827 President $300 $328 2025
Salt Lake Police Association UT$445,852 President $18,600 $21,321 2024
American Federation Of Teachers NY$444,984 Co-president $5,590 $5,658 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Richard Silva) 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 166 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,649 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.