Allegheny County, Pennsylvania / Financial Manager
Role across Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Financial Manager
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
12 people hold the Financial Manager role across 9 departments in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with a median total compensation of $77,287. Among 6 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania ranks #5 by median pay.
- Employees
- 12
- Median pay
- $77,287
- Departments
- 9
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #5 of 6
Compared with the local labor market
Financial Manager pay vs. the Pittsburgh, PA area
Across all employers in the Pittsburgh, PA area, the median wage for Financial Managers — about 6,460 people — is $136,330. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania pays a median base salary of $78,595 for this role, 42% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Allegheny County, Pennsylvania sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Financial Managers across every employer in the Pittsburgh, PA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Allegheny County, Pennsylvania’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Financial Managers — about 841,710 people — is $166,570. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania’s median base salary is 53% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Pittsburgh, PA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 11 of 12 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is $77,287, 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.
Compare jurisdictions
Financial Manager pay in other jurisdictions
Where Financial Managers are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Financial Managerroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Departments with this role
Largest Allegheny County, Pennsylvania departments for this role
Departments in Allegheny County, Pennsylvaniaemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.