Live preview — download the board-ready PDF to attach to your minutes.Download the free PDF
Email yourself a copy:
PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chamber Of Comm Executives Assoc Of Alabama Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510204110
AL · NTEE S034
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paige G Hutto, Executive Director / CEO ($102,100) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1373 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Paige G Hutto — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,373 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,373 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $603,909 $102,100
$10,27310th
$28,66725th
$53,637Median
$75,13675th
$102,46590th
$102,100This org · 90th
p10$10,273
p25$28,667
p50$53,637
p75$75,136
p90$102,465
$102,100

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
Nikwasi Initiative NC$221,763 Executive Director $93,650 $89,570 2023
Great Lakes Sports Commission MI$221,743 Executive Director $206,650 $191,772 2024
Norfolk Innovation Corridor VA$221,725 Executive Di $20,000 $17,362 2024
Real Estate Association Of Puget Sound WA$221,839 Chairman $70,900 $58,757 2023
Downtown Janesville Inc WI$221,656 Managing Direct $74,519 $69,971 2024
Bedford Chamber Of Commerce Inc VA$221,895 President $55,108 $49,252 2023
Georgia Head Start Association Inc GA$221,542 Executive Director $67,371 $60,904 2024
Rogue Valley Vintners OR$222,028 Executive Director $80,500 $69,198 2023
Acvb Foundation Inc GA$222,034 President & Ceo $46,147 $41,717 2024
Bogalusa Rebirth LA$221,515 Executive Director $75,938 $75,179 2024
Up Community Services Inc MI$221,417 Executive Director $21,784 $20,813 2023
Graces Of Gurleyinc AL$222,252 Executive Di $45,200 $45,200 2023
Invest Buffalo Niagara Foundation Inc NY$221,253 President & Ceo $40,239 $32,692 2024
Supplier Compliance Audit Network AR$221,225 Executive Di $58,500 $59,121 2024
Centre South Main Streets Inc MA$221,175 Executive Director $85,000 $66,904 2025
Lakeshore Realtors Association Inc WI$222,401 Executive Director $73,405 $68,925 2024
Nw High Performance OR$222,514 Executive Dir. $134,514 $115,628 2023
The Des Moines Urban Experience IA$222,601 Executive Dir. $17,958 $18,201 2023
Uptown Westerville Inc OH$220,919 Executive Dir. $68,133 $66,797 2023
The Lower Niagara River Region Chamber NY$222,922 Past President $82,458 $66,991 2024
Missouri State Assessors Association MO$220,614 Secretary $300 $285 2024
Lincoln County Economic Dev Foundation KS$223,067 Director $61,163 $61,163 2023
Next Generation In Trucking Association KY$223,098 President $141,413 $140,632 2023
Greater Fairbanks Board Of Realtors AK$220,348 Executive Di $85,522 $73,512 2024
Pga Tour Wives Association Inc FL$223,214 Executive Director $58,326 $49,263 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 2023 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Paige G Hutto) 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 1373 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $102,100 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.