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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ohio Valley And Southern States Laborers

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 721327933
OH · NTEE J40
FY ending 2024-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert J Woods, Executive Director / CEO ($63,633) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 160 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Robert J Woods — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

160 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 160 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $266,288 $63,633
$2,03710th
$6,42225th
$20,979Median
$72,31875th
$128,12890th
$63,633This org · 69th
p10$2,037
p25$6,422
p50$20,979
p75$72,318
p90$128,128
$63,633

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 OH 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
International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers FL$373,358 Director $83,157 $71,856 2025
Jefferson County Education CO$372,786 President $141,132 $127,770 2024
United Union Of Roofers 42 Rdwa OH$371,848 Business Man $76,305 $76,305 2024
Connecticut Federation Of School CT$378,502 Co-president $75,000 $68,354 2023
Professional Firefighters Of Marion FL$379,839 President $12,656 $11,557 2023
Smithtown Teachers Assoc NY$380,190 Treasurer $1,706 $1,455 2024
Bowling Green State University OH$367,156 President $8,400 $8,648 2023
Foundation For Fair Contracting - MD$381,958 Executive Director $187,413 $170,315 2023
Classified Employees AK$366,877 President $95,791 $86,466 2024
Forest Lake Education Association MN$365,436 President $5,300 $4,945 2024
Action Research Collaborative Inc NY$365,415 Treasurer $9,500 $8,345 2023
American Federation Of Teachers NJ$363,650 President $28,880 $23,718 2025
Pafca-aal TX$385,409 President $25,993 $23,916 2025
Seminole County Professional FL$363,301 President $18,000 $16,437 2023
New York District Council NJ$386,073 President $87,846 $74,052 2024
Northeast Florida Local Apwu FL$362,310 President $82,120 $74,989 2023
United Plant & Production Workers NY$361,646 President $242,494 $206,886 2024
Laborers International Union No 662 MO$360,066 President $3,105 $3,105 2024
Iupat Dc 21 Nj Lmf-jtb NJ$389,823 Trustee $157,149 $132,473 2024
Nys Public Employees Conference Inc NY$358,497 Chairman $24,000 $21,081 2023
The Rochester Association NY$358,063 President $8,802 $7,316 2025
Two Rivers Uniserv Unit CO$391,753 Uniserv Director $166,897 $147,201 2025
Santa Rosa Professional Educators Inc FL$357,030 Executive Director $97,218 $86,228 2024
Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association WI$392,925 President (Thru Aug) $3,826 $3,773 2024
Brewster Teachers Association NY$347,711 President $12,300 $10,223 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Robert J Woods) 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 160 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,633 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.