Financial Administration and Program

Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Financial Specialists, All Other — about 132,130 people — is $81,100. National Science Foundation pays a median base salary of $180,788 for this role, 123% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at National Science Foundation is $180,788, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Financial Administration and Program is held in 79 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In National Science Foundation, the median of $180,788 ranks #9 of 79.