How to Keep Staff Costs Under the 50% Line

A common rule of thumb: staff should not exceed 50% of your budget, and a church with four well-paid pastors beats one with seven underpaid ones. We break down how to right-size your org chart to what you can actually fund. Listen for how to resist expanding faster than the budget allows.

In this episode

• Why the 50% personnel rule exists
• Fewer people paid well vs. more paid poorly
• How to add a role without breaking the ratio