Supply Clergy Rates

Updated November 10, 2025

Are you a priest open to supply work? If so, email [email protected] to request to be added to the list.

Requests for a supply priest can be made by filling out the form found here.

The 2025 IRS mileage rate is reimbursable at $0.70 per mile (up 3 cents from the 2024 rate of 67 cents per mile). The rates apply to electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, as well as gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles. (Supply priests are responsible for informing the church in advance of reimbursable tolls and mileage.)

Supply Rates: Please note that these are “minimum rates,” but there is room for negotiation with the church when a Saturday Service is included. Congregations are expected to pay the priest no later than the conclusion of the final service that day.

Minimum rates as of January 1, 2025

Mileage: $0.70
$225—one service
$325—two services
$425—three services
$120—weekday rates 
$325 for each service of Holy Week Triduum of services ($325 for each day’s service on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, including Easter Eve/Great Vigil service, while Easter Day services follow regular Sunday rates)
$430-650 negotiable for a wedding including preparation and rehearsal
$360 for a funeral including planning

The calculation of such fees results in at least an hourly minimum of $40. Other current stipulations and mileage rates continue to apply for supply clergy.

Minimum rates as of January 1, 2026

  • $275—one weekend service
  • $355—two services
  • $435—three services
  • $125—weekday rates 
  • $325 for each service of Holy Week Triduum of services ($325 for each day’s service on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, including Easter Eve/Great Vigil service, while Easter Day services follow regular Sunday rates)
  • $430-650 negotiable for a wedding including preparation and rehearsal
  • $360 for a funeral including planning
  • Mileage at the then current IRS rate.
  1. The congregation is responsible for toll costs and mileage provided by the Supply priest. 
  2. The congregation expected to pay the cleric no later than the conclusion of the final service that day. 
  3. Cleric and congregation may negotiate for additional pastoral or educational responsibilities with commensurate compensation 
  4. These rates are for consecutive services on the same day, i.e. not Saturday and Sunday morning, or Sunday morning and Sunday evening.

The Diocese of New Jersey Supply Priests

All canonically resident or licensed priests in the Diocese of New Jersey are welcome to join the supply priests list by contacting [email protected].