Being a former assistant pastor I say this is correct in about .1% of pastors. 90% of churches are below 100 person and only a VERY small percent are above 500 person churches. I worked in one church over a 1,000 attenders and I can totally say that I had zero experience with incentives with money. Most people that work in a church do so for the love of the work and the people regardless of the pay. Though some pastor easily clear more than $100,000 from a very large congregation. Which in my city any one of the 62 principles of my city's schools make every year.