How much is the average pay of a Goodwill worker?

There isn't one Goodwill pay figure, because Goodwill is a network of separate regional nonprofits that set their own pay, and the figures below are estimates from pay-data sites, not Goodwill's own published numbers. The broadest estimates put the average at about $59,000 to $61,000 a year. Salary.com estimates the average at Goodwill in the US at $61,312 a year, about $29 an hour, as of May 2026, with typical salaries from $53,881 to $69,749 (Salary.com, Goodwill). PayScale lists $59,137 a year for 2026 (PayScale, Goodwill Industries). Those averages include managers, IT staff and other professional roles, so they run higher than what a store or donation-center worker usually earns. Store-level estimates from Salary.com are about $33 an hour for Goodwill Stores (February 2026), while an older figure attributed to Indeed, about $11.32 an hour, comes from a blog post and is likely out of date. Pay varies a lot by region and role, so the most reliable check is the local Goodwill's own job postings, which usually list the hourly rate.