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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jefferson County Education

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 840583975
CO · NTEE J40
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brooke Williams, Executive Director / CEO ($141,132) 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 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Brooke Williams — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO 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

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $294,135 $141,132
$2,25010th
$7,09425th
$23,135Median
$78,26875th
$139,20890th
$141,132This org · 90th
p10$2,250
p25$7,094
p50$23,135
p75$78,268
p90$139,208
$141,132

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
International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers FL$373,358 Director $83,157 $79,370 2025
United Union Of Roofers 42 Rdwa OH$371,848 Business Man $76,305 $84,285 2024
Ohio Valley And Southern States Laborers OH$374,527 Director $63,633 $70,287 2024
Bowling Green State University OH$367,156 President $8,400 $9,552 2023
Connecticut Federation Of School CT$378,502 Co-president $75,000 $75,502 2023
Classified Employees AK$366,877 President $95,791 $95,508 2024
Professional Firefighters Of Marion FL$379,839 President $12,656 $12,766 2023
Forest Lake Education Association MN$365,436 President $5,300 $5,462 2024
Action Research Collaborative Inc NY$365,415 Treasurer $9,500 $9,217 2023
Smithtown Teachers Assoc NY$380,190 Treasurer $1,706 $1,608 2024
American Federation Of Teachers NJ$363,650 President $28,880 $26,198 2025
Foundation For Fair Contracting - MD$381,958 Executive Director $187,413 $188,125 2023
Seminole County Professional FL$363,301 President $18,000 $18,156 2023
Northeast Florida Local Apwu FL$362,310 President $82,120 $82,831 2023
United Plant & Production Workers NY$361,646 President $242,494 $228,521 2024
Pafca-aal TX$385,409 President $25,993 $26,417 2025
Laborers International Union No 662 MO$360,066 President $3,105 $3,430 2024
New York District Council NJ$386,073 President $87,846 $81,796 2024
Nys Public Employees Conference Inc NY$358,497 Chairman $24,000 $23,285 2023
The Rochester Association NY$358,063 President $8,802 $8,081 2025
Santa Rosa Professional Educators Inc FL$357,030 Executive Director $97,218 $95,245 2024
Iupat Dc 21 Nj Lmf-jtb NJ$389,823 Trustee $157,149 $146,326 2024
Two Rivers Uniserv Unit CO$391,753 Uniserv Director $166,897 $162,595 2025
Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association WI$392,925 President (Thru Aug) $3,826 $4,167 2024
Brewster Teachers Association NY$347,711 President $12,300 $11,293 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Brooke Williams) 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 $141,132 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.