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Salary in the BSA is like salaries in any other corporation. they start off smaller at the bottom and bigger at the top. The exact amount depends on the candidates experience and the size and financial abilities of the council hiring them.

 

A job posting in the Denver Area Council lists the starting salary around $33,000 Dollars. When you consider the cost of living in Denver that is not a lot of money.

 

SE's are paid depending on the same elements. In the BSA professional service as in any other organization discussing personal income is not in the best taste. They do not ask us what we make in our professions, and I have never asked what they make.

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This borders on a discussion that several threads have grazed recently but have not directly discussed. It has less to do with women than the the relationship between the volunteer and professional sides of scouting. The Council has a budget which they pay their professional scouting personel and ancillary staff. The costs include health insurance for the staff, supplies and many other things.

The money for the budget comes in large part from the fundraising of the volunteers. This includes Product sales (mostly popcorn), FOS and other fundraisers (in our area we have a Golf Tournament with corporate sponsorship and a Breakfast of Champions). If we only had a larger Endowment!

And what do we get for our fundraising? The Council then helps to move the program forward and assists with units, leaders, and organization. Some Scouters think the program would continue on autopilot without the professionals. Some units might do just fine, but the districts would suffer IMO.

To me, women should be just as capable as men on both the professional and volunteer sides of scouting.

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"What's the starting pay for a DE? What's a SE make?"

 

I know that DEs around here start around $30,000 which is much less than a starting teacher and about the same as a McDonald's assistant manager.

 

The SE makes about $275,000 plus a $75,000 expense account.

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