Role pay benchmarks · per person
What every role
actually earns.
Roles tracked
29
canonical titles
People on record
3,200
latest filing per club
How titles are standardized
The IRS does not enforce a controlled vocabulary for job titles. A club might write “Hd Golf Pro”, “Golf Professional”, “Head Pro.”, or “Director of Golf Operations” to mean the same person. We map every observed raw title variant to a single canonical role name — so benchmarks cover all clubs that employ the role, regardless of what they call it.
What the pay figures represent
Each figure is the sum of reportable compensation (W-2 / 1099) plus any compensation from related organizations, as reported on Part VII. Benefits, deferred compensation, and non-reportable perks are a separate column and not included here. Figures cover only individuals the club identified by name — a club with fewer than five highly paid employees may omit some staff.
Median pay by role
25 roles · n ≥ 3
Director of Grounds
$228K
General Manager
$207K
Director of Golf
$178K
Golf Course Superintendent
$176K
Director of Racquets
$172K
Chief Financial Officer
$165K
Head Golf Professional
$156K
Assistant General Manager
$155K
Head Tennis Professional
$155K
Director of Finance
$152K
Executive Chef
$150K
Pool Manager
$147K
Human Resources Director
$133K
Controller
$130K
Food & Beverage Director
$130K
Membership Director
$129K
Marketing Director
$127K
Caddie Master
$127K
Beverage Manager
$122K
Sous Chef
$105K
Board Secretary
$8K
Board President
$7K
Board Treasurer
$6K
Board Vice President
$5K
Board Member
$4K
Bar length is proportional to median pay. Click any role for the full distribution, top earners, and state breakdown.
By department
29 roles across 8 departments
Club Management
General Manager
P25 $142K$207KP75 $280K
650 reported · 636 clubs·also filed as: “CLUB MANAGER”, “FORMER GENERAL MANAGER”, “Club Manager”, “GM” +1 more
Assistant General Manager
P25 $127K$155KP75 $180K
90 reported · 90 clubs·also filed as: “ASST. GENERAL MANAGER”, “ASST. GM”, “ASST GENERAL MANAGER”, “Asst General Manager” +1 more
IT Director
n = 2 · too few for median
2 reported · 2 clubs·also filed as: “INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR”
Human Resources Director
P25 $114K$133KP75 $153K
18 reported · 18 clubs·also filed as: “DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES”, “HR DIRECTOR”
Membership Director
P25 $112K$129KP75 $158K
71 reported · 71 clubs·also filed as: “DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP”, “Director of membership”
Marketing Director
P25 $127K$127KP75 $127K
3 reported · 3 clubs·also filed as: “DIRECTOR OF MARKETING”
Event Coordinator
n = 1 · too few for median
1 reported · 1 club·also filed as: “Events Manager”
Golf Operations
Director of Golf
P25 $141K$178KP75 $234K
163 reported · 162 clubs
Head Golf Professional
P25 $131K$156KP75 $204K
421 reported · 402 clubs·also filed as: “GOLF PROFESSIONAL”, “GOLF PRO”, “HEAD GOLF PRO”, “Golf Pro” +1 more
Caddie Master
P25 $126K$127KP75 $127K
3 reported · 3 clubs·also filed as: “CADDY MASTER”
Golf Course Maintenance
Greens Supervisor
n = 1 · too few for median
1 reported · 1 club
Director of Grounds
P25 $191K$228KP75 $277K
18 reported · 17 clubs
Golf Course Superintendent
P25 $142K$176KP75 $230K
467 reported · 465 clubs·also filed as: “SUPERINTENDENT”, “GREENS SUPERINTENDENT”, “GROUNDS SUPERINTENDENT”, “COURSE SUPERINTENDENT” +1 more
Culinary & Food & Beverage
Executive Chef
P25 $123K$150KP75 $182K
461 reported · 459 clubs·also filed as: “CHEF”, “HEAD CHEF”, “EXEC. CHEF”, “Chef” +1 more
Food & Beverage Director
P25 $120K$130KP75 $141K
31 reported · 31 clubs·also filed as: “FOOD AND BEVERAGE DIRECTOR”, “F&B DIRECTOR”, “RESTAURANT MANAGER”, “FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANAGER” +1 more
Beverage Manager
P25 $118K$122KP75 $125K
4 reported · 4 clubs
Banquet Manager
n = 1 · too few for median
1 reported · 1 club
Sous Chef
P25 $104K$105KP75 $124K
9 reported · 9 clubs·also filed as: “CHEF DE CUISINE”
Finance & Accounting
Chief Financial Officer
P25 $131K$165KP75 $219K
116 reported · 115 clubs·also filed as: “CFO”, “VP FINANCE”
Director of Finance
P25 $126K$152KP75 $178K
36 reported · 36 clubs·also filed as: “Dir. of Finance”, “Dir of Finance”, “DIRECTOR -FINANCE”
Controller
P25 $113K$130KP75 $159K
319 reported · 318 clubs·also filed as: “COMPTROLLER”, “FINANCIAL CONTROLLER”
Racquets & Tennis
Director of Racquets
P25 $141K$172KP75 $238K
94 reported · 94 clubs·also filed as: “DIRECTOR OF TENNIS”, “TENNIS DIRECTOR”, “Director of Tennis”, “Tennis Director”
Head Tennis Professional
P25 $122K$155KP75 $202K
121 reported · 107 clubs·also filed as: “TENNIS PRO”, “TENNIS PROFESSIONAL”, “Tennis Pro”, “HEAD TENNIS PRO” +1 more
Aquatics & Pool
Pool Manager
P25 $121K$147KP75 $156K
6 reported · 6 clubs·also filed as: “AQUATICS DIRECTOR”
Board & Governance
Board Secretary
P25 $3K$8KP75 $15K
17 reported · 17 clubs·also filed as: “SECRETARY”, “Secretary”, “SECRETARY &”, “CLUB SECRETARY” +1 more
Board President
P25 $3K$7KP75 $13K
18 reported · 18 clubs·also filed as: “PRESIDENT”, “President”, “Pres”, “PRES” +1 more
Board Treasurer
P25 $3K$6KP75 $12K
32 reported · 32 clubs·also filed as: “TREASURER”, “Treasurer”, “TREAS.”, “TREAS” +1 more
Board Vice President
P25 $624$5KP75 $7K
5 reported · 5 clubs·also filed as: “VICE PRESIDENT”, “Vice President”, “VICE-PRESIDENT”, “VP” +1 more
Board Member
P25 $634$4KP75 $14K
22 reported · 17 clubs·also filed as: “DIRECTOR”, “Director”, “TRUSTEE”, “Trustee” +1 more