2026 Golf Industry Compensation & Benefits Report
For Single Course Owners, Multi-Course Owners/Golf Management Companies, and Resorts
The NGCOA 2026 Golf Industry Compensation & Benefits Report and the NGCOA 2026 Golf Industry Compensation & Benefits Report for Multi-Course Owners are important resources provided by the National Golf Course Owners Association to its members. Within its 45+ pages is the most recent and reliable compensation and benefits levels based on 1,138 participating facilities. It represents the most complete, accurate and up-to-date compensation data in the industry, and is designed to allow NGCOA members to easily compare compensation levels and benefit policies among their peer golf course businesses.
The data was collected and the report produced by the NGCOA in partnership with the National Golf Foundation (NGF), who jointly surveyed compensation and benefits data from members of NGCOA as well as a broader universe of golf course operators. This analysis focuses on the organizational factors that have historically shown a relationship with golf course staff compensation including annual gross revenue, facility type, geographic region and scope of responsibility.
The data within explains how changes in the golf landscape will affect our industry, and offers insights that can better help owners and operators develop a compensation and benefits plan moving forward. For more information on the reports, please contact Rachel Carter, NGCOA Senior Director of Membership, at rcarter@ngcoa.org.