Current CUNA president/CEO Jim Nussle, who started his position in September 2014, received $237,896 in compensation for that year, according to the form 990 filed by CUNA.
Nussle received $214,521 in reportable compensation and $23,275 in retirement and other deferred compensation, the form read.
His base salary, according to a memorandum, was $850,000 – a $46,900 raise over the 2014 base salary of his predecessor Bill Cheney, current president/CEO for the $11.4 billion, Santa Ana, Calif.-based SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union.
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CUNA said it completed a thorough survey of CEO salaries at major trade associations to "ensure appropriate compensation."
In 2013, CUNA paid its CEO more than double the salary that NAFCU paid its top executive.
CUNA said Nussle serves not only as the president/CEO for the trade association, but also for CUNA Strategic Services, the National Credit Union Foundation and the Credit Union House.
CUNA filed its 2014 "Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax" IRS Form 990 on Aug. 14, 2015.
Cheney, who officially left on June 10, 2014, according to the form, was paid $740,538 that year in total.
The form 990 also showed CUNA Executive Vice President and General Counsel Eric Richard as being paid $524,476, up from $495,369 in 2012 when he served as chief legal counsel. Richard is no longer with CUNA.
CUNA Deputy Chief of Staff Jill Tomalin was paid $365,727 in 2014, and CUNA Registered Lobbyist Dan Mica, who retired as CUNA's president/CEO in 2010, was paid $60,000 in 2014, down from $70,000 in 2013 and $180,000 in 2012.
The association's Wisconsin-based graphic designer, Tom Senatori, was paid $174,930 in 2014, down from $188,335 in 2013.
In 2014, CUNA received nearly $26.5 million in membership dues, up from $25.6 million in 2013.
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