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Clergy Benefits and Salary

Health Insurance & Benefits

Employment Policies and Compensation Guidelines for Clergy

This document includes personnel guidelines for clergy including salaries, housing, insurance, pension, and other allowances. Appendix A below is updated annually and includes the most recent version of the compensation tables for clergy:

• Clergy Personnel Guidelines  [pdf]
• Appendix A: Clergy Compensation Tables for 2012

For specifics on compensation for supply clergy, please refer to the Diocesan Personnel Policies & Guidelines, Part 1.3. To find supply clergy in the diocese, refer to Supply Clergy.

For quick reference here are the compensation guidelines for supply clergy in the Diocese of Washington:

 
It is always appropriate to discuss the fee at the time the invitation to serve is extended. Please take into consideration the time needed for preparation, travel and in performance of the service you have requested.

Note: It became evident that the last published compensation level for supply clergy had been set too high. The Personnel Committee checked with several other dioceses and discovered that our rate was significantly higher, and that it was quite burdensome to a high number of parishes. The recommendations above were approved by Council and stand as the current guidelines for supply.

Transportation reimbursement: If by privately owned automobile, the IRS business mileage rate was 50.5 cents in the first half of 2008 and 58.5 cents in the second half. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2009, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car is 55 cents.