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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Laborers District Council Of Mn & Nd

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 884309880
MN · NTEE S47
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joel Smith, Executive Director / CEO ($114,694) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 56 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Joel Smith — reported title “PRESIDENT/BUSINESS MANAGER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

56 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 56 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,600 total compensation of comparable organizations → $208,662 $114,694
$7,21310th
$11,65525th
$29,085Median
$62,69975th
$92,83590th
$114,694This org · 98th
p10$7,213
p25$11,655
p50$29,085
p75$62,699
p90$92,835
$114,694

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 MN 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
Dpcr Holding Corporation OH$150,000 Secretary $10,739 $11,851 2023
Institute Of Real Estate Management MI$154,061 Executive Di $60,756 $63,465 2024
Crocker Masonic Hall Association CA$146,766 Cfo $11,000 $9,897 2023
Puerto Rican Association For Human NJ$146,634 Executive Director/ceo $8,688 $7,850 2024
Sheet Metal Workers Local 58 NY$156,493 Director $56,945 $52,076 2024
Dcfof Realty Investment Inc TX$144,421 Executive Dir. $12,988 $13,148 2024
Teamsters Local 682 Real Estate Company MO$158,364 President/principal Office $93,107 $99,801 2024
Airconditioning And Refrigeration CA$143,589 Administrator $73,014 $63,806 2024
The Labor Temple Association MN$159,147 President $1,600 $1,600 2024
Mount Sinai Med Office Buildii Inc FL$163,279 President/ceo $77,682 $73,854 2024
Gifford Workforce Llc MA$164,221 President $11,821 $11,068 2023
Pac Holding Inc MO$165,000 President $62,199 $68,640 2023
Cahec Building Corporation NC$166,344 Assistant Secretary $59,714 $62,443 2024
Ebec Holdings RI$168,000 Executive Di $7,923 $7,689 2024
Nwgm Title Holding Company Iii Inc NH$132,850 President $19,521 $17,772 2025
Primecare Belmont Cragin Holding IL$172,050 Director $9,740 $9,977 2023
Scottish Rite Temple Of Bellingham WA$130,303 Secretary $4,950 $4,617 2023
Muscatine Board Of Realtors Inc IA$130,025 Executive Of $34,820 $38,584 2024
Gifford Workforce Ii Llc MA$173,448 President $11,821 $11,068 2023
Pac Development Inc MO$176,953 President $57,598 $61,739 2024
Bucknell Real Estate Inc PA$177,000 Vp Fin And Adm $81,722 $84,913 2023
Broad Street Holdings Inc IN$177,653 President/secretary $20,168 $22,160 2023
Gada Title Holding Company GA$124,440 Former Officer $56,871 $56,379 2025
Children's Choice Property Two NJ$178,332 President/c.e.o $19,805 $17,895 2024
Elevator Constructors Local 9 Building MN$179,728 President/treasurer $89,356 $89,356 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Joel Smith) 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 56 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S47), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $114,694 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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.