We are in the process of preparing our Church budget for 2013. We are noticing that our Staff salaries seem to be consuming a high percentage of our total budget?We are wondering if there is data or statistics for churches with paid Pastor(s) & Staff that would provide us with some guidelines as to what % of the total budget should the Pastor's Salary & Benefits make up? Thanks!

Jim

As a preacher's kid, I would say that is normal and reasonable. It works that way with public libraries too.

Check out this similar question (http://www.freechurchaccounting.com/what-percentage-of-budget-is-average-for-salaries.html) and note that a book on church budgeting and salaries has been published by Zondervan.