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Slicing the pie: selections from ACA's 2007 compensation and benefits survey.

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Naturally, camp directors want to be paid a competitive salary and compensate their counselors and staff fairly. It is not surprising, therefore, that salary and compensation information repeatedly comes to the forefront when directors are questioned about statistical information they want from the American Camp Association (ACA). In September 2006, ACA sent surveys to over 1700 of its accredited camps. Administered by a professional research firm, the questionnaires asked members to relate salary and benefits for key positions at their camps. When the responses were totaled, 52 percent of those surveyed, a total of 938 camps, had participated. The results, outlined below and available in detail from ACA, www.ACAcamps.org/research, show that while there are great differences among camps and among areas of the country in some respects, there is also relative parity on issues such as counselor salaries.

Residential Camps

Approximately 63 percent of the survey respondents indicated that their primary mission was residential camping. These camps included both independent for-profit and nonprofit camps, religious camps, and agency camps. On average, residential camps in the survey had Caucasian directors (95 percent) with a median age of forty-three years. Overall, 58 percent of participating residential directors were men, but at agency camps, 59 percent were women. In terms of education, the majority of residential camp directors have a bachelor's degree, but 39 percent have graduate degrees. How long do directors stay in their jobs? According to this survey, the average is seven years, but 36 percent of directors have over...

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