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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Colorado Jobs With Justice Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522082139
CO · NTEE J40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sofia Solano, Executive Director / CEO ($88,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 176 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sofia Solano — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

176 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 176 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $285,696 $88,000
$2,09110th
$6,97825th
$25,004Median
$85,99175th
$148,58590th
$88,000This org · 76th
p10$2,091
p25$6,978
p50$25,004
p75$85,991
p90$148,585
$88,000

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 CO 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
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital Registered CT$423,768 President $25,859 $25,285 2023
Ironworkers Local 292 Gen Bldg Cont Assned Fd IN$423,778 Apprenticeship Coordinator $63,871 $68,229 2024
Roofers Local Union 34 MD$422,016 Business Rep $15,600 $15,210 2023
Elevator Constructors Building MA$420,795 President $74,951 $68,226 2024
Committee For Fair And Equal Representation IL$427,049 President $92,616 $92,233 2024
National Association Of Independent VA$419,645 President $19,150 $18,730 2024
Joint Apprentice Training Committee PA$428,826 Union Trustee $129,404 $134,580 2023
Employing Bricklayers Association PA$417,332 Exec Director $120,042 $121,262 2024
Natl Postal Mail Handlers Union OR$416,772 President $60,542 $58,634 2023
New Ulm Fire Department Relief Assn MN$416,433 President $2,700 $2,703 2024
Teamsters Local 703 Labor-management IL$416,350 Trustee $86,324 $85,966 2024
Glaziers Architectural Metal & Glass CA$431,271 Warden $8,900 $7,785 2024
Lancaster Education Association PA$415,826 President $6,918 $6,989 2024
Amalgamated Union Local 1 Noitu NY$414,611 President $151,711 $142,969 2023
American Federation Of Government Employees Afl Cio Local 3369 NY$414,026 3rd Vice President $1,350 $1,272 2023
Operating Engineers Local 324 MI$434,382 Trustee $75,632 $79,077 2024
King County Corrections Guild WA$412,407 President $34,109 $31,848 2023
Fire Fighters Of Boca Raton Local 1560 FL$405,964 President $27,971 $26,618 2024
Port Authority Field Supervisors NJ$442,527 President $3,250 $2,940 2024
Wisconsin Building Trades Council WI$403,241 Excecutive Director $158,872 $173,036 2023
Clark County Deputy Sheriffs Guild WA$403,114 President $7,200 $6,723 2023
American Federation Of Teachers NY$444,984 Co-president $5,590 $5,117 2024
Salt Lake Police Association UT$445,852 President $18,600 $19,283 2024
Building And Construction Trades Council NV$446,827 President $300 $297 2025
American Federation Of Govt Employees Local 933 MI$451,682 President $8,725 $9,392 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Sofia Solano) 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 176 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $88,000 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.