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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wisconsin Building Trades Council

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 824933413
WI · NTEE J40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Emily Pritzkow, Executive Director / CEO ($158,872) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 173 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 95th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Emily Pritzkow — reported title “EXCECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

173 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 173 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$16 total compensation of comparable organizations → $262,310 $158,872
$1,79510th
$6,37725th
$23,216Median
$78,93075th
$131,11290th
$158,872This org · 95th
p10$1,795
p25$6,377
p50$23,216
p75$78,930
p90$131,112
$158,872

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
Clark County Deputy Sheriffs Guild WA$403,114 President $7,200 $6,172 2023
Fire Fighters Of Boca Raton Local 1560 FL$405,964 President $27,971 $24,439 2024
King County Corrections Guild WA$412,407 President $34,109 $29,241 2023
Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association WI$392,925 President (Thru Aug) $3,826 $3,716 2024
American Federation Of Government Employees Afl Cio Local 3369 NY$414,026 3rd Vice President $1,350 $1,168 2023
Amalgamated Union Local 1 Noitu NY$414,611 President $151,711 $131,267 2023
Two Rivers Uniserv Unit CO$391,753 Uniserv Director $166,897 $145,003 2025
Lancaster Education Association PA$415,826 President $6,918 $6,417 2024
Teamsters Local 703 Labor-management IL$416,350 Trustee $86,324 $78,930 2024
New Ulm Fire Department Relief Assn MN$416,433 President $2,700 $2,482 2024
Iupat Dc 21 Nj Lmf-jtb NJ$389,823 Trustee $157,149 $130,494 2024
Natl Postal Mail Handlers Union OR$416,772 President $60,542 $53,834 2023
Employing Bricklayers Association PA$417,332 Exec Director $120,042 $111,336 2024
National Association Of Independent VA$419,645 President $19,150 $17,197 2024
New York District Council NJ$386,073 President $87,846 $72,946 2024
Elevator Constructors Building MA$420,795 President $74,951 $62,641 2024
Pafca-aal TX$385,409 President $25,993 $23,559 2025
Roofers Local Union 34 MD$422,016 Business Rep $15,600 $13,965 2023
Colorado Jobs With Justice Inc CO$423,736 Executive Director $88,000 $80,797 2023
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital Registered CT$423,768 President $25,859 $23,216 2023
Ironworkers Local 292 Gen Bldg Cont Assned Fd IN$423,778 Apprenticeship Coordinator $63,871 $62,645 2024
Foundation For Fair Contracting - MD$381,958 Executive Director $187,413 $167,771 2023
Smithtown Teachers Assoc NY$380,190 Treasurer $1,706 $1,434 2024
Professional Firefighters Of Marion FL$379,839 President $12,656 $11,384 2023
Committee For Fair And Equal Representation IL$427,049 President $92,616 $84,683 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 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 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 default95th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (Emily Pritzkow) 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 173 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $158,872 is reasonable (approximately the 95th 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.