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Compensation · grounds

What clubs pay the Director of Grounds.

Reported compensation for individuals identified as Director of Groundss on Form 990 Part VII, drawn from each club’s most recent filing. Pay shown is reportable compensation plus pay from related organizations — the total a club tells the IRS each person earned.

Coverage
18
people on record

The distribution

n = 18
P10
$126K
P25
$191K
P50 · Median
$228K
P75
$277K
P90
$312K

The middle half of Director of Groundss earned between $191K and $277K in their most recent reported year.

Pay range by state

1 states · bar spans 25th–75th pct
New Jerseyn=5
$277K

Each bar spans the 25th to 75th percentile of reported pay for the Director of Grounds role in that state; the vertical tick marks the median. States need at least three paid officers on record, ranked by median pay.

Highest paid

most recent filing per club
PersonClubPay
GREG BORING
DIRECTOR OF GROUNDS
Baltusrol Golf Club
Springfield, NJ · FY2023
$371K
DAVID JOHNSON
DIRECTOR OF GROUNDS
The Country Club (Brookline)
Chestnut Hill, MA · FY2023
$359K
MICHAEL BRUNELLE
DIRECTOR OF GROUNDS
Upper Montclair Country Club
Clifton, NJ · FY2023
$312K
SAM MACKENZIE
DIRECTOR OF GROUNDS
Olympia Fields Country Club
Olympia Flds, IL · FY2023
$295K
MATTHEW WILSON
DIRECTOR OF GROUNDS
Brook Hollow Golf Club
Dallas, TX · FY2023
$284K
PHIL WHEELER
DIRECTOR OF GROUNDS
Baltusrol Golf Club
Springfield, NJ · FY2023
$277K
RYAN SEGRUE
DIRECTOR OF GROUNDS
Shorehaven Golf Club Inc
East Norwalk, CT · FY2023
$257K
CHRISTOPHER HARRIMAN
DIRECTOR OF GROUNDS
Hermitage Country Club Inc
Manakin Sabot, VA · FY2023
$248K
ERIC MCPHERSON
DIRECTOR OF GROUNDS
Omaha Country Club 69 Th & Country Club Rd
Omaha, NE · FY2023
$243K
JONATHAN J URBANSKI
DIRECTOR OF GROUNDS
Wilmington Country Club
Wilmington, DE · FY2021
$228K

By state

states with n ≥ 3 (1)
StateP25P50P75n
NJ$226K$277K$312K5

Pay vs. hours worked

18 officers · anonymised
$0$100K$200K$300K$400K0h15h30h45h60h$371K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $371K · Hours/week 40h$359K · 60 hrs/wk · Reported pay $359K · Hours/week 60h$312K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $312K · Hours/week 40h$295K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $295K · Hours/week 40h$284K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $284K · Hours/week 40h$277K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $277K · Hours/week 40h$257K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $257K · Hours/week 40h$248K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $248K · Hours/week 40h$243K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $243K · Hours/week 40h$228K · 50 hrs/wk · Reported pay $228K · Hours/week 50h$226K · 45 hrs/wk · Reported pay $226K · Hours/week 45h$205K · 55 hrs/wk · Reported pay $205K · Hours/week 55h$201K · 50 hrs/wk · Reported pay $201K · Hours/week 50h$191K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $191K · Hours/week 40h$166K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $166K · Hours/week 40h$165K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $165K · Hours/week 40h$126K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $126K · Hours/week 40h$105K · 40 hrs/wk · Reported pay $105K · Hours/week 40h

Each point is one Director of Grounds on record — reported pay against the average hours per week the filing lists. No names. Full-time operating roles cluster toward the right; nominal or honorary positions sit at low hours.

← All compensation benchmarks
BLTS $29.2M ▲4.1
STLC $18.4M ▲8.1
ESSX $15.3M ▲11.2
TRDN $17.7M ▼1.4
MRON $17.0M ▲5.2
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