# Value of volunteer hour in USA goes up

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/04/25/value-volunteer-hour-usa-goes/
- Published: 2005-04-25T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Washington D.C.-based Independent Sector reports that the value of a volunteer hour
in the USA has risen from $17.19 per hour in 2003 to $17.55 in 2004.
The estimate
is reached using US Bureau of Labor statistics.

If accurate, it means that in 2004 volunteers contributed the equivalent of abuot
$272 billion of service to nonprofit organisations.

The value of the volunteer hour has risen for the past 25 years, with the value 
increasing by nearly $5 over the past 10 years.

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