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

Maritime Transportation System

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844678693
AR · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Scott Dickerson, Executive Director / CEO ($48,464) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 547 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

547 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 547 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $377,792 $48,464
$15,75210th
$41,70225th
$65,560Median
$92,59175th
$127,86790th
$48,464This org · 32nd
p10$15,752
p25$41,702
p50$65,560
p75$92,591
p90$127,867
$48,464

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 AR 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
National Veteran Small Business Coalition DC$304,512 Chief Executive Officer $46,797 $36,534 2024
Harbor Springs Chamber Of Commerce MI$304,959 Executive Director $70,083 $64,354 2024
Greater Point Pleasant Beach Chamber Of Commerce NJ$304,290 Executive Director $73,300 $58,223 2024
Brewers Of Pennsylvania PA$305,632 Executive Director $60,000 $54,803 2023
Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association IL$305,762 President $54,000 $48,625 2023
Southwest Metro Chamber Of Commerce MN$302,658 Executive Director $81,710 $71,828 2024
Nevada Dispensary Association A Nevada NV$307,021 Executive Director $152,672 $140,167 2023
Rhode Island Business Group On Health RI$307,151 Executive Director $71,833 $63,088 2023
Perdido Key Area Chamber Of Commerce FL$301,744 President $56,725 $47,408 2024
River Region Chamber Of Commerce Inc LA$301,654 Executive Director $80,904 $81,596 2023
Belle Fourche Development SD$308,199 Executive Di $70,172 $70,933 2023
Homeland Security And Defense DC$308,440 President & Ceo $318,000 $248,258 2024
Derivatives Market Institute For Standards Inc DC$308,750 Executive Director $47,588 $37,151 2024
Port Main Street Inc WI$308,828 Executive Director $54,769 $52,390 2023
Newnan-coweta Board Of Realtors GA$308,916 Ceo $96,292 $86,135 2024
Realtors Association Of Northwestern WI$300,435 Exec Vp - Non-voting $125,860 $116,938 2024
The Pride Chamber FL$309,347 Executive Director $43,750 $36,564 2024
Rocky Mountain Gas Association UT$309,422 Executive Director $66,000 $61,869 2023
Western Regional Master Builders Assn CA$309,665 Ex.vp/sec/treas $154,800 $115,853 2025
Asheville Independent Restaurant NC$309,799 Executive Di $84,000 $77,216 2024
Hermann Vintners Association Inc MO$299,206 President $59,268 $55,846 2024
Indy Crew Inc IN$310,250 Executive Director $40,500 $37,996 2024
Hudson County Chamber Of Commerce NJ$310,558 President & Ceo $136,830 $108,685 2024
Japan Business Association Of Seattle WA$298,247 Executive Dir. $99,405 $79,176 2024
Kansas Tech Council Inc KS$311,360 Executive Director $54,808 $54,233 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR 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 AR 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Scott Dickerson) 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 547 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,464 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.