Pro-bono nonprofit work valued at $120 per hour

The average value of pro-bono services provided by corporations to nonprofits is $120 an hour, according to a national study that analyzed billing rates in multiple professional service firms.

According to the Taproot Foundation’s Pro Bono Action Tank and the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, the $120 hourly rate is based on a rounded average billing rate for midlevel employees in all disciplines.  The entry-level, rounded average is $85 per hour. The executive average hourly rate is $180.

Public relations, advertising and entry-level marketing rates were as low as $80 an hour, while legal and medical services were as high as $320 an hour.

The standards are available in the 2009 CECP Annual Corporate Giving Standard Survey. The pro bono valuation standards are available on the Pro Bono Action Tank website.